Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Answer by Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena for Is it a lie to not report income in taxes?

As a lay practitioner you should make the fivefold offering (pañca,balī) out of which offering to the king [the government] (rāja,balī) which is akin to tax filing in the modern day. [Adiya Sutta, Patta Kamma Sutta]

Since taxes are legally owned by the government and not paying them would be misappropriating something belonging to the government which is similar to stealing.



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