dammit wrong link. Here is the bulletin I mean to refer to. http://www.irs.gov/irb/2008-29_IRB/ar13.html
Of course, they *can* disclose with the written consent of the taxpayer, but that is not going to happen in the case of illegal activity. And illegal activity in itself is not one of the exceptions. Money laundering might be - IANAL but looked like that might be considered tax evasion .... On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sc.pdf > > A tax preparer cannot disclose information given for the purpose of > preparing a return. So it was the office that called the police that > committed the crime. > > Now.... it does look to me like the Baltimore office was a little too eager > to help, and yeah, depending on whether they really heard 800 a month or not > they may have been giving advice on how to launder money. The answer to that > question is probably a political Roschach test. But I have seen all I need > to see for now, pending the outcome of the investigation. > > My advice to ACORN (should this post happen to come their way) is that it > train its workers to be suspicious of this sort of client and if necessary > explain that they cannot represent anyone involved in illegal activity > because of the politics floating around the internet. > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> haven't found a code of ethics yet, but, an incidental find -- if you >> start from ok this person has income she has to report and she is not an >> employee, yet she performs services for her income, then she *is* a >> business. Look at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sc.pdf . They are >> making a big deal out of the tax preparer trying to determine which code >> from the table starting on C-9 they should use. I mean, Sam, Bruce, which >> one would *you* use? >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> actually, if you look at the video, the supposed prostitute said eight >>> grand a month and the ACORN worker repeated eight hundred. So it may not be >>> a math error it may be seeing what she is expecting to see. I don't know >>> where ACORN is in Baltimore but I am willing to bet that this lady sees >>> four-figure incomes a lot more than five. If so that explains why she gives >>> them a discount later because they are low-income. I still don't know how >>> she expected to get her into a mortgage on that though... >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I worked in a voter registration effort in another state entirely for >>>> about a week and a half ;) nothing to do with mortgage counseling. Then I >>>> quit because I didn't like the canned "rap" they wanted me to use and >>>> became >>>> a volunteer at the Kerry campaign. But that's beside the point. >>>> >>>> "This kind of thing" may not even be happening. So far we have a tax >>>> lady who should have used a calculator and was willing to ignore >>>> illegality. >>>> I am wondering if ethically tax preparers are supposed to do that. If yor >>>> clients are supposed to report their income.....I can see why ACORN would >>>> choose not to if so, simply because it *is* being investigated to death, >>>> but.....I can't quite tell from what Google is giving me so I am looking on >>>> the IRS site. >>>> >>>> I think we are still shading into advice on money laundering tho... and >>>> it's hard to know what to make of the discussion on the girls. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Funny. >>>>> >>>>> If you work in a place that gives advice to people you need training, >>>>> some ground rules and may sit in with someone else to get an idea of >>>>> what's acceptable and what's not. If you worked at a place and didn't >>>>> know this type of thing was happening you weren't doing a good job. >>>>> >>>>> Not the same as asking the co-worker at McDonalds if he's an axe >>>>> murder on weekends. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > wait wait I don't know if I should be talking to you. You never got >>>>> back to >>>>> > me on your status as a trafficker in underage sex workers. >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304325 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
