One-room school faces $10,000 IRS fine

The Sacramento Bee ^ | January 13, 2005 | AP

[Brian328i]

One-room school faces $10,000 IRS fine

The Associated Press Last Updated 4:00 pm PST Thursday, January 13, 2005

BAYARD, Neb. (AP) - A tax error totaling less than $40 has resulted in a $10,000 fine for the Hill Public School, a one-room schoolhouse.

The IRS informed the school district of the discrepancy on June 1, 2003, and wants the fine to be paid, Rhonda Maxcy, school board secretary, said Monday.

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[Brian328i]

Late, but none the less didn't see this in a search. Appologies if its already been posted. What else do you expext from the IRS?

[Texas_Jarhead]

what a bunch of effen horse hockey

[no_mm]

outrageous!

..its time we reform the tax CODE (not laws) and boot that non-government IRS Corporation from the pockets of Americans for good.

BOOT BOTH the IRS AND THE UN in one swift kick to their groins >:[

[Prost1]

My grandmother (rest her soul) went to school in Barstow. This is a settlement west on Shaw where some old German built an underground cavern. This Barstow had (has) a one room school. I asked my grandmother with which of the Dauers she went to school. "All of them!" "All of them?"
"Yes! It was only one room!" "And what about your brothers and sisters?" "They were all there! All of them!"

Well, the purpose of this tale is that my Grandmother could read and write better than most high school graduates today! And, she only went to the 6th grade! That's all! Why? Because she had to work on the farm. Her father was a sharecropper. And he needed the support of his children!
But the most important lesson is that there were 2 German families in this school, at least 1 Mexican, 1 Portuguese, and another, for my grandmother said there were 5 families there. All these children, speaking differently, without a linguist teacher and learning, neverhtheless!

[spartan68]

One more reason to scrap the IRS and relegate it to the dust bin of history

[Brian328i]

I wouldn't doubt it one bit if this school produces better students than larger ones today.

What I can't believe is that this school will likely have to sell their only van and most likely the only school's transportation to help pay for this.

[philetus]

Same with my dad, except he also had to walk 10 miles to school, barefoot, in the snow, and uphill both ways.

[no_mm]

My father-in-law was raised by newly immigrated German parents (during the Depression) in the great farm country here in Wisconsin. Here, he and his brother attended a one room school house and was immersed in a fantastic education with teachers that taught you something -including practical everyday knowledge, not esoteric feel-good philosophical crap of today.

He (and brother) also served with honors in the Korean War.

[Larry Lucido]

"Now the public is being asked to contribute to the fine."

Wouldn't it be easier for the local congressman to grow some balls and 1) raise hell with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue until the IRS relents due to the horrible publicity, and 2) loudly use this as a platform from which to demand tax reform?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Legislation in the last few years has made this kind of outrage less likely in the case of individual taxpayers, but the IRS can still fully stick it to an entity like a school. What happened was they overstated the amount of quarterly withheld payroll taxes over 3 years -- each overstatement being less than 4 dollars. I'm sure the fine is technically legal, but it's a bureaucratic idiocy of the first order.

[no_mm]

spot-on, if some FREEPERS could post that Congressman's info for that district in NEB, it would go a long way to forcing this issue on someone that should grow the proper appendages to deal with it head-on -and not simply have a fund raiser...

[no_mm]

NEBRASKA FREEPERS -Did you READ THIS OUTRAGE?

GET CRACKING the whip on YOUR USELESS NEBRASKA CONGRESSPERSON!

[Paul C. Jesup]

Somebody needs to forward this to the Bush White House, this would make great campeign fodder for Tax Reform.

[no_mm]

you are DAM RIGHT my friend...this is GOLD if handled properly...

[Larry Lucido]

Here we go (appears to be Republican, FWIW):

Grand Island District Office Address:
The Honorable Tom Osborne
819 Diers Avenue
Suite 3
Grand Island, NE 68803

Phone: 308-381-5555
Fax: 308-381-5557


Kearney District Office Address:
The Honorable Tom Osborne
212 Communications Building
1910 University Drive
Kearney, NE 68849

Phone: 308-236-1330
Fax: 308-236-1331



McCook District Office Address:
The Honorable Tom Osborne
203 W. 1st St.
McCook, NE 69001

Phone: 308-345-3328
Fax: 308-345-3329


Scottsbluff District Office Address:
The Honorable Tom Osborne
21 East 20th Street
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Phone: 308-632-3333
Fax: 308-635-3049


Washington, DC Office Address:
The Honorable Tom Osborne
507 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-6435
Fax: 202-226-1385

[Larry Lucido]

Also appears to be a winning football coach, FWIW.

Nebraska coach Tom Osborne announced at a news conference Wednesday in Lincoln he would retire after compiling a record of 254-49-3 in 25 years leading the Cornhuskers.

[HiTech RedNeck]

This isn't about "tax reform," it's about gummint bureaucratic arrogance. If the USA went to a NRST tomorrow, there would likely still be JBTs waving obscene fines at retailers who didn't pay their dues by a few bucks.

[spodefly]

Wouldn't it be easier for the local congressman to grow some balls and 1) raise hell with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue until the IRS relents due to the horrible publicity, and 2) loudly use this as a platform from which to demand tax reform?

Yep.

[Paul C. Jesup]

But it is very hard for a bureaucrat to hurt you when they have no paper work or regulations to use as ammo against you.

[Imal]

The IRS is doing its job. Complaining about the IRS requires ignorance of the real culprits: our elected representatives.

And we are the ones responsible for electing them.

So go ahead and blame the IRS if you want, I guess its easier than taking responsibility for our own government.

The right thing to do is to change the horrid tax code we have inflicted upon ourselves rather than scapegoating the people we hire to enforce it.