I am so skeptical about posts like this. Is the poster trying to be funny? Are they a plant for starting crap? Do they truly believe this kind of bunk? Will the next post be about how they as a boat captain were just robbed by road pirates.

Just for grins and giggles I did a quick google search of the guy running the website the OP posted.

"In 2009, Peter Hendrickson was convicted of filing multiple false income tax returns, including the 2002 and 2003 returns that he filed jointly with his wife. The tax returns at issue were based on the false and frivolous tax theories that Peter Hendrickson promoted in his book, “Cracking the Code,” and on his website, Lost Horizons. Peter Hendrickson was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison in that case."

Here is a link if you want to read more.

It's really trollish to post something like this and not address any comments that follow.

Back in the 1970s I worked at a software development company. One of my co-workers, a very sharp software engineer, was an older gentleman. He dressed, spoke, and acted like a true gentleman.

He was a widower, his children were grown and on their own, and he had no personal responsibilities to anyone other than himself, so he decided that he could act on his beliefs and take whatever fallout came his way.

He wrote a well-composed letter to the editor of the main newspaper in the large city where we were located, presenting his arguments about the illegality of income tax.

The letter caught the eyes of the officials and after due process, he was sent to Federal prison.

They did not come for him with a warrant, he was told to surrender on a specified date, which he did.

He worked with us right up to the week before he went away. We had a going-away lunch for him and dessert was the traditional cake with a file in it.

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Originally posted by Herkdriver:
"In 2009, Peter Hendrickson was convicted of filing multiple false income tax returns, including the 2002 and 2003 returns that he filed jointly with his wife. The tax returns at issue were based on the false and frivolous tax theories that Peter Hendrickson promoted in his book, “Cracking the Code,” and on his website, Lost Horizons. Peter Hendrickson was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison in that case."

So the guy you're relying on for tax advice served over two years in prison for tax fraud after following his own tax advice. (Oh, and his wife served 1.5 years in prison after following his tax advice too.)

You can't make this shit up.


Wait, wait wait... Lemme guess... The shadow government was just so perturbed that this guy and his wife had managed to crack their secret code that they had them falsely imprisoned in order to bully them into not sharing their forbidden knowledge. Is that it?


It's just like any other flavor of sovereign citizen... Their mumbo-jumbo bullshit legalese theories didn't work the last 2,943 times they were tried, but rest assured this time it'll stick. All you have to do is say the secret magic words in the exact right order. (And for the low, low price of $299.99, you too can learn these secret magic words, my friend!)

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Originally posted by Fed161:
I read a few lines. It was enough for me to see this for exactly what it is, pure bullshit. I scrolled to the end and saw that this moron is asking for donations (handouts).

Well, yeah... The man clearly needs your money.

He's got attorneys fees to pay, court costs to pay, fines to pay, probation fees to pay, and $200k in back taxes and penalties owed with interest compounding daily.

So, this "Maximizing your tax refund" thread is on the same page as the Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is going to jail thread.

Ok class, name one thing Catherine Pugh is going to jail for! Yes! you got it! TAX EVASION!!!

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...935/m/2010098454/p/4

If she had just bought the losthorizons.com book instead of trying to sell "Healthy Holly" to multiple people, I'm sure all would be OK.

Was Joinder created?

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Originally posted by kz1000:
Was Joinder created?

If you want to joinder, you'll have to buy him dinner first.

One weird trick the government doesn't want you to know about...

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by kz1000:
Was Joinder created?

If you want to joinder, you'll have to buy him dinner first.

You can't just run around creating joinder with anyone and everyone. Penicillin can't just clear everything up, you know.


This thread has also been a useful reminder for me to clarify with everyone I encounter if I am speaking to them personally or to the corporate entity. The young 20-something at the Starbucks counter was very confused, but I did get my coffee, so I must have been in the right.

Sorry for the delayed response. Busy times.

I fully understand the skepticism.

Adults are capable of reading the actual law and determining the facts as they apply to them.

If you have been paying attention the last three years it should be clear that there is a two-tiered justice system in this country. Yes, Pete Hendrickson and his wife were "convicted" of "crimes" but a careful adult will read the case filings to see what actually happened. You can start at this link:

Hendrickson Crimes

There is substantial evidence on the website, including copies of filings, refund checks and correspondence from various states and the IRS to guide your study if you are up to the task. Obviously, this is serious, adult level work, and no one should taking any advice from anyone on the internet about anything without thorough due diligence.

One thing to keep in mind. When you fill in your 1040 and sign it under penalty of perjury, do you know what you are attesting to? Do you know the rules of statutory construction? Have you read the law and the definitions of the various legal terms being used? I thought I did. Now I know for a fact that I did not until I read Pete Hendrickson's book and the law - multiple times.

Finally, the issue of "sovereignty". I am a Virginian. This is what our Constitution states at the very beginning:

"ARTICLE I

Bill of Rights

A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the good people of Virginia in the exercise of their sovereign powers, which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.

Section 1. Equality and rights of men.

That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety."

Constitution of Virginia

According to the fundamental law, I have "sovereign powers", as does everyone else on this forum as far as I am concerned. That concept in fact is the very basis of government in America. The fact that some folks wield that power in ignorance and confuse it with the "right" to act like asshats in public does not diminish me or my inherent rights.

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Still total shite.

Let us know how you get on

Checked my calendar a couple times now. Still not April 1.



Everything is not what it seems! So much mystery! ooOOooOoooo! I'm titillated.

Good thing you know the secret, my man! You figured out the magic words, didn't you? Burn a couple candles, sacrifice a goat and a chicken on the 3rd Tuesday of the second month to have a full moon occur on an odd day, and BAM! The .gov's powers just melt away! Dude, they're gonna be after you! You're a danger to them! You're gonna bring down the whole system, man! Better watch out for them stealth drone helicopters. They're a'comin'!


When the O.P. ends up on the side of the road, getting tazed, screaming about his RIIIIIIIIIIGHTS, I just hope the bodycam footage ends up on YouTube.

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:
When the O.P. ends up on the side of the road, getting tazed, screaming about his RIIIIIIIIIIGHTS, I just hope the bodycam footage ends up on YouTube.

Nah, it'll go down with a whimper, not a bang. No dramatic traffic stop. No Taser. Just years spent paying back taxes (with interest and penalties) out of his garnished paycheck and foreclosed property. Plus maybe a couple years in federal minimum security prison if it's especially egregious, or he's especially non-cooperative.

Oh, and when you see the federal judge on your court date, be sure to point out that the fringe on his flag renders the court illegitimate. Trust me, they love that. (And I'm posting this advice on the internet, so clearly you can trust me... Plus I haven't even been to prison for it, so I've already got way more credibility than Mr. Hendrickson.)

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Nah, it'll go down with a whimper, not a bang. No dramatic traffic stop. No Taser. Just a decade or two spent paying back taxes (with interest and penalties) out of his garnished paycheck and foreclosed house.

That's certainly anticlimactic.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that he creates joinder with the wrong person and gets tazed. Been a while since we've seen a good tazing.

OP, before you are sentenced, please let us know what visiting hours are. And how to get commissary money to you, since the Feds will have seized your assets.

I have been doing tax work since the late 70s. A few years ago (in my 50s) I got a masters of tax from one of the highest ranked programs in the nation. (Classes were challenging even with all my years of experience. Program takes at least 3 years to complete.)

I've had multiple articles published by leading tax publications. A clerk from the Tax Court called as a follow-up to one of the articles. I know this stuff....

If there was a way around taxes I'd have found it.

I've tracked many similar theories over the years. They are all based on misreading or incomplete reading of the laws and case laws. I scanned the website - nothing new.

If you look good in stripes, buy the book and follow the guys advice. He'll enjoy spending your money while the feds provide you with 3 meals a day.

There's a secret the credit card companies don't want you to know, too.
It's your RIGHT not to have to pay them what you owe ...

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Originally posted by SR:
I have been doing tax work since the late 70s. A few years ago (in my 50s) I got a masters of tax from one of the highest ranked programs in the nation.

So you think you're adult enough?