That's the state of affairs now. Problem is, if IRS doesn't have the resources to chase people -- audits, criminal investigations, prosecutions, seizures -- the threat becomes more hollow. You can't do audits on 40 million taxpayers. The probability of being audited has decreased to nearly zilch.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Bill Lear <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11:42:16 (-0500) Max Sawicky writes: >>How likely or how practical? How does the Gov find out how much time >>off was granted? How does it check what information is provided? You >>should ask these questions about every stimulus proposal. People >>never do. > > But isn't much of contemporary accounting threat-based? I.e., give > us the figures, which we will trust, but if we find out we lied to you, > we'll throw you in jail. Couldn't this be easily added to tax forms > for businesses? > > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
