My point being, how many prostitutes would really be worried about paying taxes?
Though, based on how quickly and easily the ACORN people answered the questions, maybe more than I suspect. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are not wrong about the requirement to file taxes. I thought so too > because of Al Capone, and verified it last night. It's in the instructions > for shedule c. I am not sure whether the taxpayer has immunity. But I took a > good hard look through the irs site for discussions of illegal income and > they don't seem interested in crimes other than money laundering and tax > evasion. Those, a tax preparer is supposed to report. Otherwise, everything > said to a tax preparer is confidential and it's a misdemeanor to divulge it. > Now misdemeanor vs human trafficking well... if you thought you were helping > the right thing to do might be to report the conversation anyway... but I am > just saying. > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Scott Stewart > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> If I'm not mistaken, being involved in illegal activity doesn't absolve you >> from paying income taxes, I believe that the authorities are not able to >> take action based on a claim on an income tax form.. >> >> I could be worng... >> >> -- >> Scott Stewart >> ColdFusion Developer >> 4405 Oakshyre Way >> Raleigh, NC 27616 >> (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:15 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: So how you all gonna defend ACORN now? >> >> >> Do you really think that someone who is a prostitute, where >> prostitution is illegal, is really going to be filing a tax return? >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:11 AM, 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:304351 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
