Topic: Internal Revenue Code

George Ashley Lewis discusses the complexity of the 220,000-page Internal Revenue Code, noting that even professional accountants cannot agree on tax liabilities. He promotes HR 1329, the Tauzin-Schaefer Tax Act, which proposes a 50-page code for a national sales tax. Lewis argues that corporations do not actually pay taxes but pass the costs to consumers through higher prices or lower wages.

Tax protester Irwin Schiff argues that there is no law in the Internal Revenue Code that makes the average citizen liable for income tax. He cites a letter from Congressman Dan Burton and various accounting discrepancies to claim that the federal government collects taxes in violation of its own laws.