Phil Hart (politician)

Phil Hart
Hart at the 2022 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty
Member of the Idaho Senate
from the 2nd district
Assumed office
December 1, 2022
Preceded bySteve Vick
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
from the District 3 seat B district
In office
December 1, 2004 – November 30, 2012
Preceded byWayne R. Meyer
Succeeded byFrank Henderson (redistricting)
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceKellogg, Idaho
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
OccupationPolitician
Websitehart4idaho.us

Phil Hart is an American politician and businessman, serving in the Idaho Senate since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives for Legislative District 3B from 2004 to 2012.

Hart is notable for having stopped filing both federal and state income tax returns in 1996, while he unsuccessfully pressed a federal lawsuit challenging the federal income tax as unconstitutional. After the case was rejected, he began filing returns again, but he continued to fight an order to pay more than $53,000 in back state income taxes.[1][2]

  1. ^ "House Membership: Phil Hart". Boise, Idaho: Idaho Legislature. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Representative Phil Hart's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved July 13, 2012.