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I am involved in the planning for an event this coming Labor Day weekend. It is the beginning of a long term project to celebrate the bicentennial of...
Association For Honest Attorneys Has No Attorney Members And No Longer Has Tax-Exempt Status
Ironically, Ms. Farr’s approach is similar to what happens with some attorneys when they end up in Tax Court. Rather than going through the tedious process of documenting transactions as an accountant would, they make arguments about process. That is what happened with the great F Lee Bailey Some good accounting and a better audit trail might have been the salvation of AHA. Rather than an honest lawyer, perhaps AHA could have been saved by a reasonably competent accountant.
I don’t doubt Ms. Farr’s word when she says she will appeal, so I will be on the lookout for the next decision in this saga.
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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.