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Tea Party Patriots Inc And IRS – Who Is Being Unreasonable ?
Hi. This is Brenda calling with an action alert from the Tea Party Patriots. Well Larry, I know you are busy so I will get right to the point. This election is our last chance to stop Obamacare and stop our country from becoming a cradle-to-grave welfare state. Right now are just $50,000 short of the amount we need to finish our door-to-door voter outreach and carry out our plan to stop left-wing voter fraud.
Louisiana Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday – Why Stop There ?
Still, I’ve been thinking we should extend this concept and have tax holidays dedicated to other amendments. I haven’t come up with something for every single amendment, but I’ll share some of my ideas with you and maybe you can offer some suggestions.
Open Atheists Already Collect Tax-Free Clergy Housing Allowances
The “first parish” theocratic phenomenon is a feature of many, although not all, New England UUA congregations. In other parts of the country, UU congregations were founded explicitly as centers of liberal religion. They have shorter histories, but no association with witch hanging.
S Corporation SE Avoidance Still A Solid Strategy
Despite court losses and the lack of any discernible policy justification, it appears that the S Corporation SE tax avoidance strategy is still solid. Small business owners should examine the implication carefully, though, before jumping into it.
Whistleblowing Can Be A Business
The court went through a “hobby loss” type analysis to determine whether Mr. Bagley was engaged in a trade or business. He passed most of those tests – profit motive, acting in a business-like manner, expertise, time and effort – with flying colors. He even convinced the Court he was not enjoying himself, although this does seem like a situation fraught with the potential for schadenfreude.
Michigan Collects Use Tax On Illinois Resident's Rhode Island Yacht
Originally published on Forbes.com Aug 22, 2013 It looks like John Podmajersky will be paying the State of Michigan nearly $100,000 in use tax on his 65 foot yacht, the...
Group Claiming To Teach True Meaning Of Islam Denied Exempt Status
Z Street, a pro-Israel group, is suing the IRS over its loss of exempt status. They are talking about a BOLO similar to the Tea Party one concerning “disputed territories in the Middle East”. The IRS may be particularly jumpy about purported Islamic charities since the fall-out from the case of Muhamed Mubayyid and Care International, Inc, which turned out to have some purposes not usually thought to be exempt – like funding jihad.
IRS Eases Up On War Tax Resisters
If a taxpayer submits a document with a frivolous argument to the IRS, a penalty under section 6702(a) will apply only if the taxpayer files a purported tax return that either does not contain information on which the substantial correctness of the self-assessment may be judged or contains information that on its face indicates that the self-assessment is substantially incorrect. I.R.C. §6702(a)(1).
Pot Growers Exempt Application Goes Up In Smoke
Your activities violate this general principle. Your primary activity, facilitating and organizing transactions between members who cultivate and possess cannabis, is illegal under Federal law. You enter into agreements that give you title to the cannabis grown by your members. Once you obtain title, you process, sell, and otherwise dispose of it as you decide. Federal law does not recognize any health benefits of cannabis and classifies it as a controlled substance.
IRS Kills Tax Exemption Of Foundation Pushing Eternal Life
The IRS also raised concerns about the independence of the foundation’s grant-making. The Foundation had no written grant application form and no published criteria for grant selection, the IRS complained. Moreover, Saul Kent, the founder of the Foundation and major shareholder of the Buyer’s Club, serves on the boards of companies that have received annual grants from the Foundation. As this old Los Angeles Times article reports, Kent is a longtime advocate of cryonics who received national attention in the late 1980s when he had his late mother’s head surgically removed for freezing.