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Taxed to death? Join us on Wednseday, April 15, 2009 at 11:00 am at the Temecula Duck Pond on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez Road. We will be shredding 1040 forms, ridding ourselves of some crates of Obama Messianic Tea, and fighting off the evil ravenous Zombama, the tax eating zombie. See you all there patriots!

Lawyer gets 5-cent IRS bill, 4-cent refund Detroit defense attorney remains confused over two notices DETROIT - James Howarth is a little confused by two letters he has received from the Internal Revenue Service. The Detroit defense lawyer received one letter in November that said he owed the IRS money — five cents. He was warned that he should pay "to avoid additional penalty and/or interest," the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday. Howarth said he then received a second letter telling him the government owes him money — four cents. He was told he would have to request the refund...

<p>OCALA, Fla. -- Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on tax charges Thursday, a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star by aggressively pursuing the maximum penalty.</p>

Obama wants to make sure everyone in the campaign can properly make change, skillfully sling empty platitudes about hope--and to fully understand the latest attack: Rope-a-dope.

FReeper Activism: When doing my taxes for this year, I was clicking the boxes on my electronic tax preparation software. I came to the section whether I wanted $3 of my taxes to go towards the Presidential Election Campaign. Right at that moment, I had FNC on the TV and I heard the shrill voice of ... you guessed it .. HILLARY CLINTON!!! The very thought of Hillary even potentially getting ANY amount of MY tax dollars to run for President was enough to make me cringe. I clicked "NO". Don't have your tax dollars support Hillary, Osama, or any...

On Tax Day, $125 billion in waste By Matt Schumsky April 14, 2006 Another dreaded April 15th – Tax Day – is nearly upon us. Our annual tax ritual requires over 26 hours from the average person filing a standard 1040, and over 60 percent of Americans seek professional help. The reason: The U.S. tax code now exceeds 60,000 pages, and those pages often give conflicting advice. No wonder that in 1976, presidental candidate Jimmy Carter declared, “Our income tax system is a disgrace to the human race.” In many ways, things are worse today than they were then. Our...

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Anti-tax crusader and author Irwin Schiff has been sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for advising people that no U-S law requires them to pay income tax -- and for contempt of court during trial. The 78-year-old Schiff used his sentencing to again declare his innocence -- accusing what he called a "fascist" government of trying to stifle his truth. His lawyer pleaded for leniency -- arguing that Schiff is mentally ill. But U-S District Court Judge Kent Dawson in Las Vegas used against Schiff his own witness stand boast that he'd helped thousands of followers legally...

NEW YORK -- President Bush's bipartisan Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform should propose a measure to assist a neglected segment of society: the avowedly under-taxed. The HOT would give those who think their levies are too low the ability to pay the steeper tax bills they say they deserve. This is the truly compassionate thing to do. The HOT, or Higher-rate Optional Tax, would offer relief to powerful Democrats and wealthy liberals who cannot stand it when Republicans cut their taxes. Look how lowering taxes has raised the blood pressure of these Americans: "I don't need a tax cut,"...

The AMT now sideswipes 3 million taxpayers. Think you're not one of them? Better cross your fingers Nina Olsen has been practicing tax law for nearly 30 years. These days, she's the nation's taxpayer advocate -- the in-house representative of ordinary citizens at the Internal Revenue Service. And she knows about as much as anyone about the tax code. But Olsen was stunned last spring when she finished running her return through a commercial tax-prep program. There on line 43 of her Form 1040 was an extra levy of $721. "I was just like, 'Wait a minute, how did that...

Since the battle is heating back up, here is a link to my Tenn1040 form. Tenn1040

Here is a little parody I came up with for an event in Franklin county Saturday night. This link is a high res version that you may have to do a right click and save to get it. Your browser may not display such a large image

Hi all. I checked my checking account and saw that I had received my refund. It was $300 less than the figure I put on my 1040 form. Is this because of the checks the government mailed out to us? Were just advances on our refunds? I think I thought they were additional refunds to LAST year's taxes. Can anyone confirm that they had this happen as well? Thank you.