really? cause I think I may have made some tax suggestions at one point. It's been what, seven or eight years now? Not that this matters, since any lawbreaking on your part is purely hypothetical, But on the whole if someone asks and you say IANAL or IANAA, but here is what I would do, I really don't see that as influencing their behaviour really. Not unless they want it to. But your mileage may vary, and often does, at least from mine.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:40 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > You certainly shouldn't give me legal and tax advice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:13 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: o'keefe's latest expose > > > 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:311399 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
