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Tax Lawyers, Tax Defiance, And The Ethics Of Casual Conversation, Michael Hatfield
Tax Lawyers, Tax Defiance, And The Ethics Of Casual Conversation, Michael Hatfield
Michael Hatfield
Tax Lawyers, Tax Defiance, and the Ethics of Casual Conversation Tax lawyers routinely navigate politically-charged waters when a tax topic is dropped into conversation. Increasingly, however, tax lawyers are confronted with comments that undermine the authority of the federal tax system itself. These comments may take several forms, including arguments that the income tax is unconstitutional. Regardless of form, this rhetoric differs from legitimate criticisms of the tax system because it encourages non-compliance as either a moral right or a political good . In the current environment, the tax bar should take up the call to be public educators with …
Tax Lawyers, Tax Defiance, And The Ethics Of Casual Conversation, Michael Hatfield
Tax Lawyers, Tax Defiance, And The Ethics Of Casual Conversation, Michael Hatfield
Michael Hatfield
Tax Lawyers, Tax Defiance, and the Ethics of Casual Conversation ABSTRACT Tax lawyers routinely navigate politically-charged waters when a tax topic is dropped into conversation. Increasingly, however, tax lawyers are confronted with comments that undermine the authority of the federal tax system itself. These comments may take several forms, including arguments that the income tax is unconstitutional. Regardless of form, this rhetoric differs from legitimate criticisms of the tax system because it encourages non-compliance as either a moral right or a political good. In the current environment, the tax bar should take up the call to be public educators with …