United States v. Thomas E. Verkuilen

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• concluding that defendant’s filing of an income tax form containing the responses “Object: Self-incrimination” or “None” did not constitute a tax return under the Internal Revenue Code
• affirming taxpayer’s conviction for failure to file individual income tax returns for 1976 and 1977 after respondent made a return on the taxpayer’s behalf for 1975 under section 6020(b)
• affirming taxpayer's conviction for failure to file individual income tax returns for 1976 and 1977 after respondent made a return on the taxpayer's behalf for 1975 under section 6020(b)
• “Defense counsel’s express acquiescence to the manner in which the court handled the jury taint question clearly amounts to a waiver of the issue.”
• unsupported assertion of fifth amendment privilege is no justification for failure to file tax returns

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