Dallas dentist who called IRS agents 'inland pirates' convicted of tax evasion 2:55 PM CT
02:59 PM CDT on Thursday, July 31, 2008
By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News
jtrahan@dallasnews.com
A jury today convicted a 64-year-old Dallas dentist and tax protester on evasion charges after he failed to pay $327,000 to the government for more than a decade.
Wesley David Bowden, who represented himself during the trial, stopped paying taxes in 1992 after he was audited. He told jurors during opening statements that he began studying the law and came to the conclusion that the Internal Revenue Service could not legally demand he pay tax.
“I don’t believe I’ve broken any laws,” Dr. Bowden told jurors earlier this week. “I’ve never had an assessment, so I’ve had no income since 1992, by my definition … Why would I want to destroy my life?”
Dr. Bowden was free on bond before the trial, but after his conviction, prosecutors requested he be jailed pending his sentencing in the next few months. A federal magistrate judge was expected to decide on the matter this afternoon.
Prosecutors had alleged that Dr. Bowden, who has been practicing dentistry since 1970, set up several trusts with friends and associates to hide his assets after he quit paying taxes, and ultimately owed more than a quarter million dollars.
In pre-trial motions, Dr. Bowden referred to prosecutors and IRS agents as “inland pirates” which “kidnapped” him during his arrest in April on the criminal charges. “I have been forced into a foreign court by deceptive trade practices, threat, duress and coercion,” he wrote. He also says he is not a tax protester, but someone who wants tax law applied legally, and refers to Texas as an “independent nation of free Christian white men like me.”
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At last, a TP who finally gets it! A TP who sees the Grand Conspiracy for it really is! And being able to do all this while he was in a admiralty court. All I can say is:In pre-trial motions, Dr. Bowden referred to prosecutors and IRS agents as “inland pirates” which “kidnapped” him during his arrest in April on the criminal charges. “I have been forced into a foreign court by deceptive trade practices, threat, duress and coercion,” he wrote.
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"I could be dead wrong on this" - Irwin Schiff
"Do you realize I may even be delusional with respect to my income tax beliefs? " - Irwin Schiff
"Do you realize I may even be delusional with respect to my income tax beliefs? " - Irwin Schiff
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Re: Dentist convicted of tax crimes despite being white
It would be great to be able to read the transcripts and see these comments in context.“I don’t believe I’ve broken any laws,” Dr. Bowden told jurors earlier this week. “I’ve never had an assessment, so I’ve had no income since 1992, by my definition … Why would I want to destroy my life?”
Are those transcripts available (or will they be)?
“Where there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.” — Plato
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Re: Dentist convicted of tax crimes despite being white
Bravo, observer. But, to steal a caption to a cartoon of a couple of people engaged in activities resembling those in your lyrics, "Someday, we'll do all this by computer."
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Re: Dentist convicted of tax crimes despite being white
I thought the "inland pirates" were the UK revenuers....Demosthenes wrote:Dallas dentist who called IRS agents 'inland pirates' convicted of tax evasion 2:55 PM CT
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Re: Dentist convicted of tax crimes despite being white
They are, the US revenuers actually work for the Queen of England.Arthur Rubin wrote:I thought the "inland pirates" were the UK revenuers....Demosthenes wrote:Dallas dentist who called IRS agents 'inland pirates' convicted of tax evasion 2:55 PM CT
Can't blame him for trying, being white usually helps..Demosthenes wrote:Dentist convicted of tax crimes despite being white