DALLAS, Jun 22, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The Justice
Department has obtained an indictment of one of thousands business owners who
refuse to pay taxes because they claim they are voluntary.
A federal grand jury in Fort Worth handed up a 27-count indictment against
Richard Michael Simkanin of Euless, Texas, the owner of Arrow Custom Plastics,
an injection molding business in Bedford, Texas.
Simkanin quit the tax system in January 2000.
In earlier interviews with the media, Simkanin and others had bragged about not
paying taxes for as long as 22 years, and they cited the lack of action against
them as proof that the tax laws are a hoax, The New York Times reported.
He was charged with 12 counts of failure to withhold, collect and account for
taxes on money paid to his employees.
"Compliance with our nation's tax laws is not a volunteer program," Jane J.
Boyle, the U.S. attorney in Dallas, said in a statement.
Copyright 2003 by United Press International.
