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Originally Posted by Guest
Given they are first lawyers. Second they are wealthy. Third they have accountants doing their returns. Et al.
I personally believe they are conscious decisions made by, supposedly, intelligent people, who knowingly elect to skate on the thin ice of the tax laws (as they interpret them). If they get caught they can afford to pay. If they don't they are ahead of the "game".
We will soon see if Obama's so called high standard of ethics is more than campaign rhetoric. With the Treasury candidate, being confirmed, I would say it is rhetoric only.
At some point the masses (I sometimes refer to as "sheeple") will eventually wake up and not tolerate the prostitution of the laws by those who make the laws.
There is NO excuse....NONE...lawyers know better...and procede based on their own personal desires....just like evreything else they do.
There are those in office and then are those of us who are expected to do as the law states.
I will will the so called "honest mistake" approach as I do my 2008 return!!!!
BTK
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I'm amazed when an educated person, especially one trained in logic and and the law, says they didn't know what "income" is, and what is or is not taxable. All it takes is $50 worth of tax-preparation software - and the software packages have all the decision-trees and tutorials with the answers.
$128K worth of unpaid taxes due to "honest mistakes" which could have been avoided by $50 worth of software available at every office supply store in the country. What an alibi....
And he was going to be responsible for policy decisions and actions involving $Billions of public funds to be used to protect the public.