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Taxpayer Barred From Communicating With CPA Still Hit With Late File Penalty

Taxpayer Barred From Communicating With CPA Still Hit With Late File Penalty

The late file penalty would not have been as big a deal, if Mr. Hoeffner had not had such a large balance due. Of course it could be that the money he made in 2008 was sucked up by non-deductible legal expenses, which is why not enough went in with his extension in April of 2009.  I still think the late file was really piling it on.

So I guess the moral of the story is that is great to be true to your school, but your CPA not so much.

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UnFair: Exposing The IRS – Does Not Make Strong Case Or Decent Documentary

UnFair: Exposing The IRS – Does Not Make Strong Case Or Decent Documentary

Jonathan Schwartz did not think that UnFair cut it as a documentary. He did not even think that it was very effective propaganda.  It was more of a rally the troops type of piece that would only work on those who were already convinced of the viewpoints expressed.  After discussing it for a while, we sat at his kitchen table and he fed me some one-liners, several of which I thought really nailed it.

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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.