I have read the Lawful Tax Avoidance book. It is not a how to, but focuses on Supreme Court cases and the evolution of taxation in federal law. It has very helpful flow charts for understanding the evolving tax powers of Congress and how the Tax power has become more closely related to the Monetary Powers and Regulatory Powers of Congress in the modern era. Great analysis of some otherwise difficult to decipher (or fully appreciate) Supreme Court rulingsOriginally Posted by Brian
The upshot of the book is very much in line with the ideas in this forum--the use of FRN's is an excise taxable activity, and the fact that people are not informed they have a choice to use U.S. notes causes them to be deprived of their fundamental property right to be paid for their personal labor without taxation. The book helped me to better understand other nexuses for federal taxation: excise tax on privileged activity (supporting Peter Hendrickson's thesis in Cracking the Code that the income tax for most of us is just a misapplied tax on the privilege of working for or on behalf of the federal government) and the privilege of making FICA contributions from your paycheck in exchange for potential "benefits". He also mentions the tax on income per se--that is a gain or profit from business.
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