You had better volunteer

"The IRS' primary task is to collect taxes under a voluntary compliance system." (emphasis added)
- Jerome Kurtz

Internal Revenue Annual Report, 1980

"Our tax system is based on individual self­-assessment and voluntary compliance." (emphasis added)
- Mortimer Caplin

Internal Revenue Audit Manual, 1975

"Each year American taxpayers voluntarily file their tax returns and make a special effort to pay the taxes they owe." (emphasis added)
-Johnnie M. Walters

Internal Revenue 1040 Booklet, 1971

"Because the American tax system is based on voluntary compliance and self-assessment, each year taxpayers make their own determination of their tax liability' and file returns reporting the correct tax. (emphasis added)
- WELCOME to the United States of America

Form 1-357, Re. 7-19-80, the United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service