That tool is double sided as well:
1. Don't report stolen property as income? Tax evasion. 2. Report stolen property as income? Proof of theft, readily shared to other TLA's
1. Don't report stolen property as income? Tax evasion. 2. Report stolen property as income? Proof of theft, readily shared to other TLA's
https://money.cnn.com/2013/02/28/news/economy/illegal-income...
> If you tell the IRS you made $1 million from stealing money or dealing drugs, does the agency tip off the cops?
> Legally, it can't, unless a law-enforcement agency gets a court order granting it access to a specific taxpayer's return. The IRS isn't supposed to proactively alert other agencies about misdeeds unless terrorism is involved. In that case, it still needs a court order to disclose anything, but the IRS can initiate the legal process on its own.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/revenue-canada-has-new-powe...
So when we re-wrote all of our marijuana laws, most infractions were made to include a sentence that ranged “up to” 14 years, e.g. sharing a joint with a 17 year old or growing 5 plants instead of your legally permitted 4.
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/cannabis/
Who says the war on drugs is dead…
It is somewhat less true in the sense where “can claim X” includes the implication that the claim of X stands a whelk’s chance in a supernova of prevailing in court.
That most judges are so morally bankrupt as to disagree with you is a separate issue.
Which, IMHO, violates the Fifth Amendment, as any compelled testimony shouldn't be admissible against you, but of course our jurists gave the government a pass on that.
Don't think so. It's not any compelled testimony. The Fifth only covers compelled testimony against one self, not against others. There are some limited exceptions like lawyers, doctors, spouses but the IRS is not covered under it. You can be compelled to testify against your friend(if the information doesn't incriminate yourself), the Fifth doesn't protect against that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_...
If the cops seize your diary in a raid using a warrant, it can be introduced at trial. It's evidence, not testimony.
The caveat here is that you can list it as misc or various. So no admissions.
I’m no lawyer, but doesn’t _everybody_ have to share information once met with a court order?
Lawyers, doctors, and therapists (also technically doctors) do not need to share and cannot be forced.
They cannot be forced to share privileged information they may have. However, this does not protect the class of information as a whole. IE if you share your medical or legal information to a third party, they can be forced to share it.
This is not quite correct.
Lawyers, doctors, and therapists (who very often technically are not doctors of any kind), spouses, and clergy have various privileges which limit the scope and circumstances in which they can be compelled, which limits what court orders should be issued and may be raised on motions to quash such orders after they are issued.
As a more mundane example, a court can grant a search warrant compelling you to turn over your computer so that police can look for proof of suspected criminal activity. Likewise, they can get a court order compelling the IRS to hand over your tax returns.
It can't force someone to give potentially self-incriminating testimony (not all “information” is “testimony”, and not all incrimination is self-incrimination.)
The IRS says you can declare “miscellaneous other income”.