Posted on 11/28/2013 2:24:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Bill Elliot was a cancer patient who lost his insurance due to ObamaCare and couldn’t pay the expensive new premiums. He was talking about paying the ObamaCare fine, going without health insurance and “letting nature take its course.”
He went on FOX News where his story was picked up by C. Steven Tucker, a health insurance broker who helped him keep his insurance.
Now suddenly Bill Elliot is being audited for 2009 with an interview only scheduled in April 2014. Assuming he lives that long. That might be a coincidence, but Tucker is being audited back to 2003.
That’s a rather strange coincidence.
Would the IRS actually go after a cancer patient, who had voted for Obama initially, just for appearing on FOX and now being sharply critical of Obama and suggesting that he resign for his health plan lie?
Under the current insane state of affairs, where the IRS was used to silence the opposition, it’s unfortunately entirely possible. The fact that we are even having this discussion shows how badly Obama has undermined confidence in government institutions and the rule of law.
Americans always hated the IRS, but it’s been a while since they believed that the IRS was targeting them for their political views.
The United States desperately needs to restore the rule of law and confidence in its institutions otherwise we are facing a serious crisis in which Americans begin viewing government agencies as tools of political repression.
No evidence of fraud and they can not just go auditing old returns in violation of the statute. My only point.
Coincidence? I would think not.
Have been for years.
We are not to blame. The elite of both parties are to blame.
Totally agree.
And there will be more and more of this. And at the homes of the members of the IPAB board too.
If this law survives, many who help implement it won't.
just sayin'... when you have nothing left to lose, you don't mind taking out a few of the lousy bastards with you.
Beat me to it
Well spoken Rhino. I don't think I've seen it summed up so well until now. Unfortunately I think you're right.
My hope is that the law falls and people are punished - either with jail time or they get ceasesco-ed. That would be fitting to prevent such future transgressions...imo. Only that can prevent the bad ending you describe.
The IRS has a long storied history of going after political opponents of the regime in power. Roosevelt was an active user of the IRS. Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon too.
The thing that is unusual about Obama regime is its use of IRS to screw “little guy” critics. Ie when Roosevelt used IRS he went after the likes of Andrew Mellon.
— “No evidence of fraud and they can not just go auditing old returns in violation of the statute.”
That’s right. The burden is on the IRS to show fraud or abuse or under-reporting. Neither Elliot nor Tucker is obligated to cooperate with the IRS in that effort.
If they are confident the IRS has nothing on them, they should ignore the audit notices and instead contact their elected officials to complain about the abuse. Govt agencies usually back off because they don’t want to deal with inquiries from lawmakers. The IRS may be more sinister but that is all the more reason to fight back.
How Long to Keep Records:
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch01.html#en_US_2013_publink1000264699
How many “coincidences” can there be until there is a pattern going on here?
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Just another isolated incident...
Exactly. And the reason none of them are in jail is because Eric Holder is the AG. His JOB is to keep Obama’s thugs out of jail. We will not see a day of justice in this country until Holder is impeached with the promise that any thug who replaces him will also be impeached within minutes if they do not immediately prosecute Lerner et al.
Thugs define themselves by how they act...
Yes, exactly. I just hope the statute of limitations doesn’t run out before we get somebody else in charge. I want those people charged, tried, convicted and put in prison. ALL OF THEM.
The IRS is Obama’s Gestapo.
I wish a long and deadly disease upon EVERY person who is employed by the IRS. Effing traitors. The whole lot.
Screw that, it's time for tar, feathers and rope.
One the little people will rise off their lazy butts and all hell will break out.
These arguments assume that he filed timely, or timely within an extension period. If he filed his 2003 to 2009 returns late, say, on 04/15/2012 his assessment statute expiration date is three years from the date the returns were filed, or 04/15/2015. (Unless you amend after filing and your income increases by 25%, which extends the assessment period by 3 years, as was previously noted.)
He may have filed a multiple year carryback claim. If he is paying an excise tax, say, excess accumulations (Failure to take distributions from a retirement plan after 70 1/2) then the period begins at the time you report the excise tax, not 3 years from the date of your original return. If you file schedule H (household employment—maids, nannies, nurses) there is some other assessment period. Fraud extends the period indefinitely. Litigation may extend the period. There are a number of conditions that extend the statutory period. Without knowing the specifics of this gentleman it is hard to say what is going on.
That said, the timing is suspicious...
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