Hundreds of thousands of readers of 'Cracking the Code- The Fascinating Truth About Taxation In America' have taken control of their own resources, in accordance with, and respect for, the law. The total amount reclaimed by these good Americans so far is upward of several billion dollars.

A few of these good American men and women-- such as those honored below-- are generous enough to send me the evidence of their victories in upholding the law, for the edification and inspiration of everyone.

Hakim Zahir

HAKIM HAS SHARED his debut victory as a CtC-educated American hero-- a complete refund of everything withheld from his earnings and put into escrow against the possibility of liability for a local Pennsylvania income tax. His earnings having not resulted from any taxable privileged activities, Hakim secured a complete refund:

...by way of this claim.

WELL DONE, HAKIM!!

Gerald & Vicki Langwell

VETERAN VICTORS GERALD & VICKI share their two latest wins-- a complete refund, plus interest, of everything withheld and given over to the feds during 2024:

...as a result of this claim (after a minor bit of bad agency behavior and a well-crafted response); and a black & white agreement by Uncle Sam with Gerald & Vicki's calculations of no income received/no tax owed/no refund due for 2023:

...as reported with this filing.

WELL DONE, GERALD & VICKI!!

Bishop Vargas

BISHOP IS ANOTHER NEW WARRIOR sharing his debut victory for the rule of law-- a complete refund of everything claimed on his 2024 federal return, plus interest:

This one is a little quirky, as sometimes happens on first educated filings. As will be seen on Bishop's return docs, in his cover letter, Bishop says he's expecting the return of everything withheld as federal income tax-- the total of chapter 21 "FICA" withholdings as well as the chapter 24 withholdings the IRS calls "federal income tax withheld" (even though the FICA "Social security tax withheld" and "Medicare tax withheld" are also federal income taxes withheld, just under special labels). But when completing his actual return, Bishop mistakenly listed only the chapter 24 withholdings, and calculated the refund claimed accordingly.

The mistake is a pity, but in acknowledging that Bishop did nothing to qualify his earnings as chapter 24 "wages", the IRS acknowledges that he also did nothing to qualify his earnings as chapter 21 "wages"-- since they are the same thing (see a relevant brief here). Hence, Bishop's argument for the return of the rest of what was improperly withheld from him is solid and already agreed-to, awaiting just an appropriate request (such as by way of an amended filing).

All-in-all a solid victory, if still in progress.

WELL DONE, BISHOP!!

Julius Tavernaro

BACK TO THE VETERANS: Julius Tavernaro shares his latest two victories-- complete refunds from Arizona of everything withheld during 2016 and 2017, respectively, by way of amended returns.

Here is the 2016 refund (which really amounts to $1,390.02 but was dinged with an offset for an outstanding balance owed to the state from some past issue):

...secured by this filing; and here is the 2017 refund:

...secured by this filing.

WELL DONE, JULIUS!!

Davelyn Kaaihue

NEW WARRIOR FOR THE RULE OF LAW Lyn Kaaihue shares a victory-in-progress for 2024 over a bad-behaving IRS, which has chosen to pretend to not understand Lyn's claim. The agency acknowledges that Lyn did nothing taxable, but denies that she declared anything to have been withheld from her, despite Lyn having done so on the IRS's own form specified for that purpose (and despite the agency having a report from the withholder to the same effect):

This behavior is so shabby and disrespectful that I hope Lyn seriously considers suing for actual and punitive damages, such as by a Bivens action for the taking of her property in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The dollar amount of the violation may be relatively small by some standards (although to most people, the $16,000+ involved here might be very important), but the principle is clear, and Lyn is not the only educated filer to be put to the extra effort she will face getting her money after indefensible bad behavior of this kind.

All that said, though, Lyn HAS scored a definite victory with the admissions in hand, even though complete satisfaction will take at least some follow-up correspondence and delay. So,

WELL DONE, LYN!!

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Despite the fact that those whose victories are on display here did nothing but insist that the law be applied as it is written, they did so in the face of fearful threats and cunning disinformation from the beneficiaries of corruption.  Their actions took great courage and commitment, and I salute them all.