Dan Pilla Research Reports

What Is A Profit And Loss Statement & How To Make One

Watch this short video and Dan will help you understand what a Profit and Loss statement consistes of and what it’s used for.

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How the IRS Tries to Make You Die Poor

A fascinating study of the problems with the current tax system and recommendations for a tax system that is simple, fair and efficient. In the study, Dan calls for the elimination of the income tax and the IRS. Read this report.

Another must read:
Dan’s and The Heartland Institutes “Ten Principles of Federal Tax Policy”,

Ten Principles of Federal Tax Policy

Income tax, flat tax, national sales tax? This report focuses on the federal income tax, since this tax collect by far the most revenue and affects the most people in the United States. However, the ten principles presented here apply to any tax system, whether national, state, county or local. Read this report.

The Untax Promise

A detailed guide to the popular tax protester and tax avoidance arguments. In this report, Dan debunks many myths about “untaxing” yourself. Dan’s thorough research includes court opinions and detailed analysis of the tax code. Read this report.

Why You Can’t Trust the IRS

This is the study that Dan produced for the Cato Institute, a leading public policy research Institute in Washington D.C. This 1995 report shook the IRS causing major reforms and the beginning of taxpayers rights reform. Read this report.

A Monument of Deficient Wisdom:
The Constitutional Conflict in Federal Income Tax Law Enforcement

This study was written in 2001 for the Institute for Policy Innovation while Dan was a member of the editorial board of the Road Map to Tax Reform Project. Dan’s contribution studies specifically how the graduated income tax system is fundamentally at odds with our historical constitutional principles.

SYNOPSIS:
The Constitution originally forbade direct, invasive taxes. The Sixteenth Amendment removed this protection and gave birth to the modern income tax, sacrificing our individual liberties, our legal principles and protections to government’s insatiable desire for revenue. A primary criterion for tax reform should be the restoration of the individual liberties intended by the Founders.
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Why Pay Income Taxes: A Lesson Learned the Hard Way

On a large marquee outside his Las Vegas office, Irwin Schiff asked the question, “Why Pay Income Taxes?” Irwin Schiff was a long-time tax protester who claims that “no law” requires the filing of tax returns or the payment of taxes. But as attractive as that idea might sound, Schiff’s legal theories are completely bogus. Here’s why. Read this report.

Why Trusts Don’t Work

This is a thorough explanation of why one of the country’s most prominent tax scams cannot work to reduce or eliminate your income taxes. In this detailed report, Dan explains in simple terms why domestic and offshore trusts are doomed to failure and what you can do if you’re already involved in one. Read this report.

Articles found in the latest
PILLA TALKS TAXES ISSUES:

AUGUST

BILLY LONG IS OUT
IRS Loses 7th Commissioner Since January

THE TREATMENT OF GAMBLING LOSSES UNDER THE OBBBA
Gamblers Face Tax Liabilities on Phantom Income
VIDEO BLOG: Gamblers will be BLINDSIDED By this TAX CHANGE

THE TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE ACT
Taxpayers’ Rights Legislation in the Senate – Part III

IRS RIF HITS TAXPAYER ADVOCATE SERVICE
Personnel Needed to Help Taxpayers Now

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS?
Various Parties Both Support and Oppose the IRS’s Proposed Concession
By Scott MacPherson

JULY

PRESIDENT SIGNS THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT
Final Marathon Session in the House Put the Bill on Trump’s Desk by Deadline
PART I: INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS

THE NEFARIOUS JOHNSON AMENDMENT
How the Government Bought the Silence of the Church in America

THE 2026 IRS APPROPRIATIONS BILL NOW BEFORE THE HOUSE
IRS Faces Budget and Personnel Cuts

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