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Owe It to You or Cheat You out of It

Owe It to You or Cheat You out of It

Filing a timely return even though you don’t have the money to pay the tax is definitely the right thing to do.  When you are filing such a return, think before you make it a joint return.  If you are the part of the couple who doesn’t have the income think three times.

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The Mills of the Gods Grind Slowly

The Mills of the Gods Grind Slowly

A partnership borrowed money from an operating company.  The partnership then hired all the people who worked for the operating company and leased them to the operating company.  The lease payments were deferred and the partnership was on the cash basis. When the partnership switched to the accrual basis it adopted a four-year spread. 

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.