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Kent Hovind’s Battle With The IRS In Retrospect
In my post yesterday, I noted that Kent Hovind, Doctor Dino, is facing a new criminal charge related to filing a motion in defiance of an injunction. I have been following this story for some time and thought that this might be a good point to do a round-up of the coverage I have provided so far. You may note a little bit of repetition as in most of the posts I try to give a brief discussion of the possibly oxymoronic concept of “creation science”. Maybe you can decide whether my understanding has been, if you will excuse the expression, evolving.
Time To Let Kent Hovind Go Home?
This “renewed” contempt order, made at the end of the petitioner’s 10 year sentence after the government has liquidated the properties which form the basis for the 2012 injunction, creates a rebuttable presumption that this July 8, 2014 motions is retaliation against the petitioner for him exercising his constitutional right to redress and appeal in furtherance of exposing the government’s aforementioned misconduct.
Pulling IRS Into Your Business Dispute Might Not Be Such A Good Idea
According to the decision, Mr. Turnoy and Mr. Shiner had an agreement to equally divide the commissions on the sale of certain life insurance policies. The policies were issued in November 2012. Mr. Turnoy claimed that the commissions totaled $298,119.81. Mr. Shiner believed that there was more. Mr. Turnoy issued a check in the amount of $149,059.91 to Mr. Shiner in December of 2012. It doesn’t seem that rounding the half cent in his favor made Mr. Shiner happy. He was upset about something else.
The check bore a restrictive endorsement that indicated that acceptance of it would constitute full satisfaction of the disputed debt. Mr. Shiner was not going for that. Mr. Shiner started a lawsuit and returned the check. By that time Mr. Turnoy had already issued him a 1099.
Failure To Withhold Does Not Excuse Failure To Pay
The main disadvantage to the “independent contractor” that is a clear benefit to the “not an employer” concerns FICA/Self-employment tax. An employer has to match FICA, but the self-employed have to pay both the employee and employer share. There is something that disgruntled former “independent contractors” can do about the matter if they are not afraid of burning bridges. They can file Form 8919 to claim the FICA match your “employer” should have paid. I have this sneaking suspicion that the IRS might not actually have the resources to chase most of the former employers, so it might not even turn out to be a bridge burner. Still, it is not something to be done lightly
Social Security Disability Taxation – Curious And Confusing According to Tax Court
The disparate treatment of private and public disability benefits for tax purposes is curious and somewhat confusing. Under these circumstances, petitioners, who do not have tax expertise, sought the advice of two certified public accountants who counseled them that their benefits were not taxable.
IRS Promises To Target Churches – Eventually
Nonetheless, Father Malone thinks it important that he be able to tell his congregants who to vote for and is unmoved by the notion that his parish’s exempt status is probably not worth the powder to blow it away.
Use Of Condo By Son Blows 1031 Exchange For State Tax Purposes
Something that the lovers of federalism who are gutting the IRS enforcement capacity might want to consider is the effect that it will have on states, which will be more inclined to initiate audits of issues that might have been handled federally. I’ve been noticing more of those cases. From an administrative viewpoint life would be easier, even for taxpayers, if there was only one agency that could make a determination about what your federal adjusted gross income is.
New Jersey Domestic Partners Lose Estate Benefit By Not Registering
It is quite plain that the Legislature authorized limited circumstances – emergency medical situations – in which a couple may be treated like domestic partners, even though they have not executed and filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership. The facts of this case do not fall within the exception to the Affidavit requirement. This commonsense provision represents a rational legislative response to challenges a couple may face when confronted with a medical emergency. No similar exigencies are present when a couple neglects to make sufficient estate planning decisions over a period of years during which they might otherwise have obtained a registered domestic partnership.
Chicago Politician Loses Appeal Of Criminal Tax Conviction
I really question whether this case merited criminal treatment. It strikes me that Mr. Beavers was just a bit on the sloppy side. Unfortunately, the “Why me?” defense does not fly well in criminal trials.
Government Shutdown Does Not Convert Prison Time To Probation
What I like about this case is that the original sentencing decision is the type of thing I might have done if I were a judge. It calls to mind the case of Craig E. Braun, whose sentence for tax evasion was reduced to a fine in reaction to President Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon. Apparently, the government did not bother to appeal that one.