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From: Ray Cumplido
\[[[mailto:ray.uaivending@adelphia.net]{.underline}](mailto:ray.uaivending@adelphia.net)\]

Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 9:32 AM

To: comments

Subject: Tax Reform

Sincerely

Ray Cumplido

President

UAI Vending, Inc.

12285 Elf Owl Lane

Moreno Valley, CA 92555

Office: 951-247-7505 Fax: 951-247-7505 Cell: 951-906-2425

Website: collegebookstorevending.com Email: ray.uaivending@adelphia.net

**Raymond A. Cumplido's public comments on our present income tax
system, detailed in the Internal Revenue Code and administered by the
IRS.**

**For**

**The President\'s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform**

**comments@taxreformpanel.gov**

**March 12, 2005**

**By**

**Raymond A. Cumplido**

**1132 Nesthorn #3117**

**Crestline, CA 92325-3117**

**California Republic -- America**

**951-906-2425**

**ray.uaivending@adelphia.net**

I appreciate and commend all of you for serving on this panel and being
committed to reforming the IRS. The reform for which you are about to
institute is vitally important to every American.

I, too, was involved with the **"Audit from Hell,"** at the hands of the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS). For two years I wasted time and energy
defending my rights and integrity to the IRS. The IRS, an institution
without integrity only focused on stealing money through intimidation
and Gestapo like tactics. The amount of stress the IRS has generated for
my wife and I is immeasurable.

The IRS notified me in 2002 of a supposed "discrepancy" in my 1999 tax
return. From June 2002 through October 2004 I met with IRS agents,
supervisors and lawyers. During these meetings I asked the IRS
representatives many questions in writing and on audiotape, to date I
have yet to have any of my very legitimate questions answered. I find
the IRS deliberate arrogance not to answer questions submitted to them,
just unacceptable and an indictment to the harm they personally caused
me, my family, and most likely others they come in contact with.

The IRS, through their audit process, intentionally lied, and distorted
the truth.

**Question**: When does \$28,347 equal the buying power of \$56,694?

**Answer**: When the IRS is fabricating taxes (IRS new math).

The IRS attempted to collect fabricated taxes from me in the amount of
\$14,254 based on so called unreported income of \$28,374. The IRS also
attempted to collect fabricated taxes in the amount of \$12,656 from
another individual unrelated to me, based on the same so called
unreported income of \$28,374. **Please note:** If the IRS would have
collected the fabricated taxes from both of us by intentionally and/or
ignorantly lying, misrepresenting facts and distorting the truth, they
would have collected a total of **\$26,910** **based on so called
unreported income of \$28,374**.

I was scheduled to meet with IRS counsel one last time (Oct 2004) prior
to moving the matter to tax court. (Keep in mind, I took it upon myself
to get educated when dealing with the IRS and I stuck, unlike the IRS,
with the facts and truth of the issues.) When I arrived for the
appointment, counsel presented me with a document which read, ORDERED
AND DECIDED: That there is no deficiency in income tax due from, nor
overpayment due to, petitioners for the taxable year 1999. I believe
they had played their hand as far as possible. If we would have
proceeded to tax court they would have been exposed and the IRS just
could not afford the negative publicity. The other individual also
received a similar document. *[The IRS was unable to collect any of the
fabricated taxes.]{.underline}*

Also, in my own personal experience, I realized that the IRS uses
absolute intimidation. In my case, the IRS knew they had fabricated
information and wanted me to pay a tax that I DID NOT owe. The IRS
threatened me, lied, deliberately generated forms and than used that
data to say the obtained the information from banks, when all along they
were using intimidation to get me to agree to something that was not so.
I have since spoken to many others who have had similar experiences with
the IRS, however in their cases, because of the fear of the IRS and the
threats the IRS was using against them, all of them settled with the
IRS. This has led me to one conclusion**: "The IRS uses intimidation to
get their way. The IRS will fabricate information and then lie and
threaten their way to get the taxpayer to pay a tax that they most
likely do not owe."** Don't you find this anti-American and something
that resembles something out of the old Soviet Union, via the hands of
the KGB?

Bottom line, the tax code, as administered by the IRS, must be done away
with, by going to a National Consumption Tax.

A National Consumption Tax will generate more revenues and do so
immediately -- no more waiting on withholding and estimated tax
payments. Also, a National Consumption Tax will finally tax a huge
segment of our society that typical does nothing to pay tax to the
federal government -- drug dealers, organized crime and of course,
illegal aliens.

I have also heard that another consideration is the so-called "Flat Tax"
income tax scenario. Though this would be better than what we presently
have, I am still concerned that such a move will still employ the
"Goon-Squad", better known as the IRS!

In closing, I want to reiterate the need to eliminate the IRS and
redesign tax collections. Rather than taxing American's labor, I believe
collecting taxes from ***EVERYONE*** via a \"Consumption Tax\" is the
best possible solution. After all, by taxing labor, you only collect
from those that choose to file a return.