“Pay no income taxes without going to jail”
The title of Phillip Fry's 1975 book, Pay no income taxes without going to jail, was pretty much a direct challenge to the IRS, to which the IRS inevitably responded. It brought charges against him for aiding tax fraud, and in 1986 he was sentenced to five years in jail. And the tax agency's punishment of him didn't stop there:
One of Fry's other books was titled Our Lady of Perpetual Deductions and was about how to avoid taxes by claiming to be running a church.
I couldn't find any free copies of his books available online. So if you're interested in benefiting from his advice you'll need to find used copies.
More info: upi.com
While Fry was in jail, the IRS audited his and his wife Susan's income tax returns for the years 1977 to 1980. The IRS determined that the Frys owed a substantial amount of taxes and sent them notices of tax deficiencies. The Frys challenged these deficiencies in Tax Court. The Tax Court litigation was resolved adversely to Fry during the pendency of this appeal.
One of Fry's other books was titled Our Lady of Perpetual Deductions and was about how to avoid taxes by claiming to be running a church.
I couldn't find any free copies of his books available online. So if you're interested in benefiting from his advice you'll need to find used copies.
More info: upi.com
Moline Dispatch - Aug 16, 1986
Jackson Citizen Patriot - Jan 17, 1980
Comments
I checked the Internet Archive. Neither one is there. And I'm probably back on a bunch of watch lists. :-(
Posted by eddi on 04/15/25 at 04:12 AM
If only he had actually started a church. They're all still getting away with it.
Posted by Marco McClean on 04/16/25 at 01:47 AM
That churches don't pay any tax in the USA is incomprehensible to the rest of the world. It's begging for fraud - and both Joel Osteen and L. Ron Hubbard prove that this was intentional.
Posted by Richard Bos on 04/19/25 at 10:09 AM
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