F. Lee Bailey Was No Tax Court Virgin
Bailey might have reflected on that in his own case. He actually won on a couple of at least moderately complex legal issues but he got absolutely creamed on substantiation. That one sentence “The burden of proving deductions is on the taxpayer” is something that Bailey should have remembered.
F. Lee Bailey Tax Attorney – More Fun Than Anietra Hamper’s Underwear
You probably have to be over 40 to remember the Symbionese Liberation Army and Patty Hearst. His rise to prominence from the Sam Sheppard acquittal was in 1966. When I mentioned that I was surprised that the story hadn’t generated more interest, I was told that most twitter users might not recognize his name and it was too bad that the story wasn’t about Justin Bieber, whoever he is.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.