Social Security Number May Be Mark Of The Beast But That Will Not Save Your Job
This is not the first time this issue has been litigated. It went up to the Eighth Circuit in Seaworth v Pearson in 2000 and to the Ninth Circuit in Sutton v Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. In both those cases, it was held that being forced to “violate the law” would be an undue hardship on the employer. It seems though, that what the law requires is for the employer to ask for the number and the regulations provide a procedure for employers who don’t receive it.
Mo Vaughn Strikes Out In District Court Penalties Upheld
Plaintiff does not even contend that he inquired of his agents as to whether his tax returns were filed and his tax liability was paid and that he relied on their false statements that his returns were filed and taxes paid. Instead, Plaintiff simply states he “had every reason to believe … taxes and tax returns were being dealt with appropriately” because “Marshall put on a strict monthly spending budget, and assured that she was working with Krebs to prepare and file all tax returns and pay all taxes owed”
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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.
