Convictions For 1980 Through 1982 Tax Years
In October 1985 Schiff was convicted of tax evasion with respect to his personal income taxes for years 1980, 1981 and 1982, and willful failure to file a corporate tax return for Irwin A. Schiff, Inc. (a company for which he served as president), and that conviction was affirmed the following year. Schiff was released from the Federal prison system in June 1993. Despite having spent four years in the system, he continued his tax protest related activities.
Read more about this topic: Irwin Schiff
Famous quotes containing the words convictions, tax and/or years:
“Is it not better to remain in suspense than to entangle yourself in the many errors that the human fancy has produced? Is it not better to suspend your convictions than to get mixed up in these seditious and quarrelsome divisions?”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“He is not very tall—yet for his years he’s tall.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)