Posted on 02/15/2024 7:47:09 AM PST by Red Badger
Several ways:
Choose as applicable;
1. I am the only ‘bread winner’ in the family.
2. My job doesn’t pay for jury duty.
3. My invalid spouse needs constant care.
4. I am a single mother of a preschooler.
5. I have no transportation / driver’s license.
6. I am a convicted felon.
7. This guy is guilty as hell!.................
8. I am a big RUSH Limbaugh and Trump fan.
#8
I wear my “you’ll have to pry my gun from my cold dead hands” T shirt to court. 😁
I retired six years ago. I screwed up last year and paid $238 in federal taxes. That’s the first since I retired. It’s almost worth getting old and dying.
Not here you won’t.
Here they tell you in the letter that you must wear a suit or ‘business attire’....................
“If you have 401Ks or IRAs, you have to figure out how to minimize your required distributions to keep you in the lower tax bracket.”
indeed ... i make “whatif” copies of the current year’s H&R Block returns and then juggle possible withdrawal amounts for the next year to stay inside the 12% bracket ...
just came up with a new wrinkle too: withdraw at the end of the year instead of the beginning so any dividend/interest remains tax deferred ... that can add up to good tax savings when you consider that short-term Fed bond funds like schwab’s SNOXX yields 5% per annum ...
next year, though, i face minimum withdrawal amounts due to age ...
I write the check out to Donald Duck. It’s always cashed.
Lesson: Never retire.
Well, they are a Mickey Mouse outfit.............
I retired January of 2023. This is going to be the most complex tax return I have ever seen. I hope I don’t forget something.
I retired from active duty military in Sept of 2009. I forgot to include my retirement checks from Sep-Dec for that tax year filing. The IRS was not happy and screwed with me for 4 years after.
btw, the other advantage to withdrawing at the end of the year is to withhold for next year’s tax to avoid the small withholding penalty, yet lose only 4 months of deferred interest on the withheld amount during the first quarter of the next year ...
“Because I got one of those infernal things yesterday.”
if it’s a criminal case, it’s a VERY instructive experience, and you always have the chance to vote for jury nullification if the fascists are trying railroad some poor slob ...
I wrote “Hunter Biden” on my laptop granting it complete protection from FBI searches and warrants.
I was doing well up until 2023. New ‘threshold for filing’ is $1,954.00 lower than what my SS was this year with the two tiny ‘bumps’ we’ve gotten in the past few years in SS which is my only income.
Grrrr! It was fun while it lasted!
Well, I can write off my charitable donations at least...which will trigger an audit I’m sure. *Rolleyes*
Been nice knowing you all! ;)
“..Plan B—during voir dire just say you want to chop the hands off of shoplifters or other thieves. That should get you disqualified....”
LOL....
Plan C: tell em you’re a supporter of the death penalty, a member of the KKIK or a member of the John Birch Society. Seems to work most of the time....LOL.
“Here they tell you in the letter that you must wear a suit or ‘business attire’”
well, there’s always the “My Cousin Vinny” attire that meets the letter of the requirement, if not the spirit ...
In MA, it’s one day/one trial.
Must of the common excuses will get you laughed at.
I’ve been called 4 times now.
The summons is very clear as to what atire is prohibited.
The last time, every rule about clothing vas violated by someone.
Here, minimum is button up shirt, tie, dress pants.............
This is my 4th summons.
I sat on a jury in 2015 for a burglary.
It’s a pain.
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