Cracking The Code

Below is an excerpt from Steve Thomas' review of Peter E. Hendrickson's book, "Cracking The Code: The Fascinating Truth About Taxation".

"It’s Hendrickson’s contention that the only people for whom the federal government can legally assess an “income” tax are those who are direct beneficiaries of the federal government. Such parties would include federal employees, military personnel, and those who benefit from government licensing. In other words, if you are a private citizen who earns a salary, Hendrickson claims that you do not have to pay income taxes, including FICA, to the federal government.

Don’t believe him? Then go to Hendrickson’s website (LostHorizons.com) and bear witness to the unthinkable: multiple letters from the IRS acknowledging that the claim of “money improperly withheld” is valid. But don’t expect your accountant or lawyer to jump on Hendrickson’s bandwagon any time soon. Their jobs, and those of millions of others, depend on your confusion and fear when it comes to the IRS and the bewildering tax code it enforces.

Cracking The Code is a product of the information age. The Internet and its search engines allowed Hendrickson to not only read the entire tax code, but to investigate and cross-reference its content: all 3,413,780 words of it.

What Hendrickson found is that the tax code, regardless of its confusing and misleading language, is consistent with the Constitution’s original restriction on direct taxes — and that there is no legal way for the federal government to enforce an income tax on the labor or earnings of private citizens. Hendrickson cites clear and consistent case law throughout the book to back his claim, including a plethora from the U.S. Supreme Court."