ok but how far do you take this stance? Should I not talk to you, for instance, if I have reason to believe you sometimes break the law?
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:12 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hell I'm one of the crazy guys who has sat down with USC, and written my > senator asking to point out what law requires us to pay levied wage taxes. > I pay them to avoid jail, but I don't agree that the federal gov't even has > the right to levy taxes against wages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 12:40 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: o'keefe's latest expose > > > ok maybe I am not understanding your point. You think that helping someone > to comply with the tax laws is facilitating a crime if their income comes > from something illegal? So it would be a crime to do Bill Gates' taxes, for > example? If so I suppose we are where we have been before -- I find your > position logically sound, but think it is wrong. > > For one thing, I spent a fair amount of time digging around on the IRS site > when this all went down originally, and the IRS's concerns about income > from > illegal sources all center on tax evasion. I also seem to recall finding a > code of ethics for tax preparers that requires confidentiality and acting > in > the client's best interest. > > And what about the people who can't/won't do their own taxes? I noticed in > previous discussions on this list that I am pretty much the only one that > does my own taxes. Your position means that anyone with illegal income > automatically commits a crime obtaining the income and another one when > they > don't pay taxes on it. > > The IRS wants everyone to pay taxes. They are famous for that. > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:29 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I do. > > > > Facilitation of a crime is or at least should be a crime > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:34 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: o'keefe's latest expose > > > > > > hmm and do you extend this to any illegal activity at all, or just > > prostitution? Because... well, I think you can finish the thought > yourself. > > Think about this list, for example. > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:34 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm saying you don't tell them shit one way or the other. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:42 PM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: o'keefe's latest expose > > > > > > > > > Regardless of the legality of the source of the money, they still need > to > > > pay taxes on it. > > > > > > So giving tax advice of "you have to pay taxes on it" is the correct > > thing > > > to do. > > > > > > Telling them to NOT pay taxes on it would be wrong (and possibly > illegal) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:37 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > As soon as prostitution was mentioned thjey should have stopped the > > > > meeting. > > > > > > > > Period. It's illegal. I don't think it should be, but it is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:311382 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
