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Originally Posted by Lea N
About 15ish years ago I watched a video of a man (in PA I think) who went to pay his house taxes that were at or over 6K. I don't remember all of the details but he paid in cash, deliberately to prove a point that if they are charging that much they should take cash. Of course the tax office he was at didn't have the ability to county all the money, or give him a receipt for it because they couldn't count it before they closed (or something like that.) It turned into a major issue. I don't remember all the details but I think they ended up going to the bank with him to count the money and issue a receipt, or something along those lines.
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I could be wrong, but, as I understand it, the legal tender statement on money only applies to actual debts where you have borrowed money. Buying something and paying for it in a restaurant or store is not paying a debt. Also, paying taxes when they are due is not paying a debt. A debt only occurs when someone gives permission to pay for something at a later time than when it is received. For example, writing a bad check is a crime, but postdating a check with the permission of the payee is a loan and not a crime. Failure to pay a debt is never a crime and cannot be prosecuted as one.