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Phil Hart: Fighting IRS Is Taxing Process

In 2004 I filed 1040 returns to get caught up. Suddenly I found myself in an IRS audit. I had to sue the IRS to avoid turning over the names and addresses of those who purchased my book, "Constitutional Income." I was represented by the Center for Individual Rights, a Washington, D.C., public interest, freedom of speech law firm. The Center for Individual Rights won these lawsuits for me. The IRS audit report denied all my legitimate business deductions totaling $300,000. Why? An IRS employee told me "When you don't give us everything we ask for, you get all of your deductions denied." For them, this isn't about the liens or the money; it's about getting the names/Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol. Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: Do you think Rep. Phil Hart makes good points re: his long fight against the Internal Revenue Service?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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