Tax,
Constitutional Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jun. 12, 2017
Tax evasion and religious freedom
Religious freedom is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, and seems pretty fundamental. Unfortunately, being required to pay taxes is fundamental too.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
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Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
Religious freedom is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, and seems pretty fundamental. Unfortunately, being required to pay taxes is fundamental too. In a variety of contexts, taxpayers have tried to use their religion as a defense against tax evasion. You can probably predict how these cases come out.
A recent one involved the Supreme Court of Indiana. It unanimously refused to hear an appeal from Rodney Tyms-Bey. See Tyms-Bey v. State, 69 N.E.3d 488, Ind. App. (Jan. 13, 2...
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