THE DEFENDANT (Supplement to Best Kept Secret)

Old stock, Revised 1996.

From the back cover. “The income tax is, therefore, not a tax on income as such. It is an excise tax with respect to certain activities and privileges which is measured by reference to the income which they produce. The income is not the subject of the it is the basis for determining the amount of tax.” House Congressional Record” 3-23-43, page 2580