Please tell us more about the court process. How did you get the highwaymen to leave you alone? Did they seize your assets? Inquiring minds want to know. Thank you for part two!
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Please tell us more about the court process. How did you get the highwaymen to leave you alone? Did they seize your assets? Inquiring minds want to know. Thank you for part two!
Hi Mike,
It's admittedly quite a scary thing; Thank God, I had a few good friends willing to drive me a half hour into the city and to go with me into court for moral support.
Practically speaking, it was the Free Enterprise Society that (for a fee, of course) provided guidance regarding the "nuts and bolts" of how to deal with those people. It is really an "Alice in Wonderland" sort of experience to be in a giant court room on a upper floor in a massive skyscraper. You are so far away from the judge in black robes that you feel you need a pair of binoculars. Perhaps I'll write that story at some point.
But as a quick summary, the strategy with the IRS is to separately and individually assert your "5th amendment secured" right to refuse to answer each question. Then, when they try to further intimidate you by issuing a federal summons to "actual federal court," you do so as well. The tricky part is that the judge can find you in contempt of court if you don't answer whatever particular question(s) he believes you must answer.
More later, my friend! ;)