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Homeowner Association IRS Ruling Highlights Schizophrenic Nature Of Associations

Homeowner Association IRS Ruling Highlights Schizophrenic Nature Of Associations

Private Letter Rulings are redacted, so I get to make up a name for the HA.  I’m going to call it Gategate, because it seems to be somewhat attached to gates.  My inference from the ruling is that the HA is more of a vacation spot than a place where people live permanently since it talks about having both campsites and mobile home sites.  There are different deals on how the electric bills are handled.

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State Fails To Force Electronic Payments On Taxpayer With Hacking Concerns

State Fails To Force Electronic Payments On Taxpayer With Hacking Concerns

Applying that “objective standard” to the facts of the present appeal, the Board found and ruled that the appellant demonstrated reasonable cause for failing to comply with the Commissioner’s electronic payment mandate. The Board found credible the appellant’s testimony that it was his consistent practice to avoid electronic payment of all bills, not just his tax obligations, and to keep his bank account information separate from his e-mail and other electronic media. The Board further found that his concerns regarding the electronic transmission of his personal financial data to be reasonable in these circumstances, given his reference to the hacking of the Pentagon’s computer systems and in light of the many well-publicized instances of large-scale thefts of financial information following computer security breaches at businesses and other institutions.

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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.