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Portrait of William O. Douglas William O. Douglas United States v. Knox (396 U.S. 77…

United States, 390 U.S. 62, 88 S.Ct. 709, 19 L.Ed.2d 906, the 'jurisdiction' of the Internal Revenue Service to require this form to be filed is subject to the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
This is not a case where an individual, with knowledge that he has a right to refuse to provide information, nonetheless provides false information.
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