My goodness. How the blazes can some Aussie read a book stuffed with "quotes" and "information" on US law, and conclude that he no longer should pay taxes in Australia?
Although most of Cracking the Code consists of Pete explaining why the plain language of the IRC and the court decisions interpreting it contradict his position on income taxes, he makes some observations that apply equally well in any legal system based on English law.
For example, the following would be recognized as nonsense by both US and Australian courts.
[Adam] Smith deplores capitations as inequitable, inflationary, counterproductive, and destructive of liberty. Importantly, he makes clear that any tax levied upon and/or measured by the exercise of a basic right-- such as the right to life, liberty, the ownership of property, working, or engaging in trade-- is a capitation.
CTC, page 3
To summarize all of this in a nutshell: remuneration for work literally IS labor; and the seizure (whether called a tax or anything else) of remuneration that is the result of simply working for a living amounts to slavery.
CTC, page 31
The latter is particularly interesting. If it were true, it would prohobit enforced collection of tax of any sort in a jurisdiction that prohibits slavery. It would also prohibit execution of civil judgments.
"Here is a fundamental question to ask yourself- what is the goal of the income tax scam? I think it is a means to extract wealth from the masses and give it to a parasite class." Skankbeat