This reminded me of a professional wrestler client I had back in the Bay Area. We deducted huge amounts for his food in order to maintain his 400 plus pound fighting weight, and IRS never had any problems with any of that.

Tax Scammer Irwin Schiff, who is still amazingly able to attract gullible followers with his ridiculous claim that taxes are completely voluntary:

In a Lawsuit, U.S. Accuses a Tax Adviser of Fraud

Anti-tax author appears in Vegas federal court on tax charges

Linder attempts to sell “Fair Tax” approach to Bush administration – Replacing the income tax with a national sales tax is too fair and rational an idea to ever become a reality. Such a radical change would remove far too much power from our rulers to ever be acceptable to them.

How Did He Make That Money? – Some analysis of John Kerry’s 1040. I will have more on this in the next few days.

Civilize the Tax Code

A Tax Code Report Card

The Taxman’s Dirtiest Secret

Bush: Tax Cuts Boosting Economic Growth – A simple basic fact that the Left wants to ignore.

28 Hours Needed to Fill Out Tax Forms – Why I have no sympathy when clients complain about how long it takes us to prepare a tax return. If we were to charge based on the amount of time IRS itself estimates it takes to prepare the various forms, our fees would be hundreds of times higher.

Teresa Fights To Keep Her Tax Returns Private – One of the prices to pay for being in or seeking high office, or married to someone who is, is the requirement to give up the privacy the rest of us have.