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ADD PUNCTATION, SUBTRACT TAXES?

August 15, 2007

Russ Fox of Taxable Talk reports on an interesting case from LaCrosse, where a dentist is alleged to believe that funky punctuation is the key to a happy tax life:

As the LaCrosse Tribune reported, Dr. Kriemelmeyer is a believer in David Wynn Miller. Miller does not use standard English; instead, he used a dialect he invented called "In the Truth." It's got a lot of capital letters, prepositional phrases, and not much in the way of punctuation. You can see samples by going to Mr. Miller's website.

In any case, Dr. Kriemelmeyer challenged the indictment because it was in English—our English. That didn't work (the judge let the indictment stand). The dentist challenged the US flag in the courtroom. No, I'm not joking about that. He didn't win that argument.

David Wynn Miller believes that if you add extra punctuation to a tax return, you will somehow not have to pay taxes. At least, that's what I think he espouses. Dr. Kriemelmeyer is a follower of Mr. Miller, and is conducting his own defense.

Sure, it sounds like our dentist has been drinking too much Old Style, but, you, can't: BE! t0o, CAReful...

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