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Thursday, March 08, 2007
3rd Circuit Rejects Religious Objector's Refusal To Pay Income Taxes
On Tuesday, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Jenkins v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, (3d Cir., March 6, 2007), rejected a taxpayer's claim that his religious objections to military activities and spending should permit him to withhold paying a portion of his federal income taxes. The court concluded that neither RFRA, the First Amendment nor the Ninth Amendment permits the avoidance of income taxes for religious reasons.