by Dwalin2014 » Thu Feb 19, 2015 4:43 pm
Antiliar wrote:Paying income in general was just gathering steam since 1913. In Capone's case he didn't know that he had to pay tax on ILLEGAL income.
But if it was taxes from illegal activities income, why wasn't he convicted for these activities as well, apart from tax evasion? I mean, for example if you shake down a businessman, threatening him with death, and don't pay taxes from the extorted money, and the tax agents grab you for not having paid the taxes in this case, how can you avoid being automatically indicted for extortion as well? Or, if you sold drugs and didn't pay taxes from it, they should indict you not only for tax evasion, but for drug trafficking also, right?
I noticed many of prominent gangsters did time for tax evasion at some point, but "tax evasion ONLY", no additional charges. Why?
[quote="Antiliar"]Paying income in general was just gathering steam since 1913. In Capone's case he didn't know that he had to pay tax on ILLEGAL income.[/quote]
But if it was taxes from illegal activities income, why wasn't he convicted for these activities as well, apart from tax evasion? I mean, for example if you shake down a businessman, threatening him with death, and don't pay taxes from the extorted money, and the tax agents grab you for not having paid the taxes in this case, how can you avoid being automatically indicted for extortion as well? Or, if you sold drugs and didn't pay taxes from it, they should indict you not only for tax evasion, but for drug trafficking also, right?
I noticed many of prominent gangsters did time for tax evasion at some point, but "tax evasion ONLY", no additional charges. Why?