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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (5753)	1/16/2007 6:31:02 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10087

In a trial about taxes, the 1040 is the first evidence introduced. So what? If fill out the 1040 honestly and accurately it isn't a crime. If you commit fraud on it, then the fraud is the crime itself, not self incrimination of a previous crime. Now I'm not saying that people don't get charged wrongfully, or that the tax laws aren't so confusing that people can make every effort to get it right and still get it wrong (in fact even what "getting it right" means might be unclear, even to experts or the IRS itself). I don't like taxes, and I esp. don't like complex or high taxes. I just don't see how self-incrimination is an issue.