Category Archives: Peter Schiff

Peter Schiff believes that his father’s fight against the IRS is hopeless and unwise. He tried to convince his dad that there is a better way to fight the battle against, in his view, excessive government interference in our lives and the economy.

I was surprised that the Ninth Circuit’s decision, last month, on Irwin Schiff’s appeal of his conviction and sentence did not attract more attention. Irwin Schiff could well be viewed as the grandfather of the contemporary tax protester movement. According to wikipedia:

A tax protester is someone who refuses to pay a tax on constitutional or legal grounds, typically because he or she claims to believe that the tax laws are unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.

Irwin Schiff was appealing his conviction and sentence of 151 months for conspiracy, aiding in the filing of false income tax returns and failing to pay income tax. His appeal was based on ineffective assistance of counsel at his first appeal (He represented himself at the original trial). The Ninth Circuit cut him no slack, so based on his current projected release date, the next birthday that Irwin Schiff can celebrate in freedom will be his ninetieth.

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