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Posted on 02/07/2009 6:35:46 AM PST by george76
An IRS survey finds that nearly nine in 10 Americans think it is "not at all" acceptable to cheat on your taxes.
Although the survey was conducted in late August, its release comes as Tom Daschle, President Barack Obama's nominee to be Health and Human Services secretary, has acknowledged failing to pay more than $120,000 in taxes. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had similar problems on a smaller scale.
(Excerpt) Read more at ksla.com ...
Wasn’t Geitner’s ‘smaller scale’ something really outrageous? And it only looks smaller by comparison?
I think there is a catchy bumper sticker in this — “Being Democratic means never having to pay your taxes ...”
Accidental cheating is fine and probably the norm, considering the complexity of the tax code. Unless you can afford an accountant the average taxpayer likely gets cheated by the government more often than not.
They can argue why would there be any reason to simplify the system if 90% of Americans believe its acceptable to pay the tax due under the current incomprehensible tax code.
Maybe, we should start reporting these obviously illegal tax evasions by rats to the IRS and to the following site.
Former IRS Attorneys for Tax Whistleblower Rewards
Tax Whistleblower Reward Program
The United States of America Will Pay Huge Rewards to Anyone Who Exposes the Under reporting of Tax
THE PROBLEM: Billions of Dollars in Unpaid Taxes
In the United States of America, a small percentage of taxpayers (i.e., individuals, businesses, trusts, and estates) underreport and fail to pay up to $400 billion in taxes every year, according to a study released by the Internal Revenue Service. This small group is comprised of an elitist group of wealthy Americans and businesses who neglect or refuse to pay their fair share of tax and who undermine the stability of the country to satisfy their own personal greed. This missing revenue causes unnecessary increases in annual deficits, national debt, and national interest payments. In the end, this missing revenue must be made up by honest Americans through higher taxes.
Each year, the United States is forced to spend over $11 billion to finance IRS enforcement efforts aimed at catching individuals and corporations who underreport and fail to pay tax. However, the schemes, devices, and shelters used by these individuals and corporations to avoid the payment of tax have become so sophisticated that efforts by the IRS to detect them have failed. As a result, the annual amount of unreported and unpaid tax has steadily grown each year. Confronted with the devastating effect of the ongoing and systematic underreporting of tax by individuals and corporations, the United States is taking a new approach to enforcement efforts aimed at detecting the underreporting and nonpayment of tax.
THE SOLUTION: The American People
In recently enacted legislation (December 2006), Congress turned to the American people to expose taxpayers (i.e., individuals, businesses, estates, and trusts) who underreport and fail to pay tax. The United States has announced that it will reward any person who provides information that leads to the identification of $2 million or more of unreported tax, including interest and penalties. This new legislation guarantees that any person who provides information under this “Tax Whistleblower Reward Program” will receive a minimum of 15%, and a maximum of 30%, of the amount that the IRS actually collects. The new law, which provides a potential “windfall” to honest Americans who expose those who underreport and fail to pay tax, is known as the IRS Whistleblower Reward Program.
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I don’t know about a link but it is all over the tv by that guy who had a car loaned to him and he did not pay taxes.
I suppose there could be some goofy state tax. But since you didn't provide any details I would guess maybe he "borrowed" the car from his business and the tax man says he owes income tax.
Maybe true. It was all over the news the last week though.
I consider the IRS to be unacceptable.
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So then you should deduct the corresponding value if you loan your car to someone and don't charge them for it. I mean, in reality, not IRS speak.
Sales tax is not due on yard sale items because sales tax was already paid on each item (computed against a higher value, in fact). If you're in the business of selling stuff to people, you don't pay sales tax when you buy the stuff you're going to resell.
Also, income tax is certainly not due either because that would make the original purchase a business expense ("Cost of goods sold"), and you would actually show a loss on the transaction, which would offset other income, such as that from wages. Consistently lose money on a business and the IRS declares it a "hobby" business and will no longer allow losses to be declared (though I believe they can still be carried forward to be applied against future gains from the same business).
Well, so do I but it's the IRS, what are you going to do?
Cheating on taxes and lying to the IRS or state tax thieves is perfectly acceptable to me... UNLESS you are one of the despicable excuses for a human being who once upon a time HELPED WRITE THE VERY TAX CODE YOU ARE EVADING. Then your hypocrisy should be well rewarded... tar and feathers for a start, followed by a mid-air dance whilst dangling by the neck from a short rope.
If that't the case, then why are we unfortunate enough to have a 'Rat Administration and a 'Rat Congress?
It's clear that by far the most cheating - and lame justifacations for it - in just about every sphere of life is done by 'Rats!!!
Sounds like that would be Tiny Tommy Daschle who “forgot” to include the value of his “free” limo service that he had every day for years since his sorry butt got kicked out of the senate. To the tune of $128,000.00 in taxes he finally PAID, sorry buggerer that he is.
I suspect your right. Some working stiff cheating on taxes wouldn't make the news..
Yep, everyone in America files a tax form to dutifully report their state taxes every time they buy something on the internet.
Throw everyone in jail.
The dumbasses who wrote the laws and then violated them get put on death row.
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