Roger Ver moves to dismiss US tax evasion charges as ‘unconstitutional’
Roger Ver argued that the IRS’ exit tax for renounced US citizens with over $2 million in assets is unconstitutional and “impermissibly vague.”
Roger Ver — also known as “Bitcoin Jesus” — has urged a United States judge to dismiss a case from US prosecutors alleging he committed tax evasion when selling millions of dollars in Bitcoin, claiming the case is unconstitutional.
In a Dec. 3 filing to a California federal court, Ver argued that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) exit tax for those who choose to renounce their US citizenship with more than $2 million in assets was unconstitutional and “inscrutably vague.”
“The ‘exit tax’ at issue violates both the Apportionment Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution […] the charges also rely on provisions of the U.S. tax laws that were, at all relevant times, inscrutably vague as to their application to digital assets of the kind that underlie the charges,” Ver argued.
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Author: Tom Mitchelhill
