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Kent Hovind Pardon Hopes – Not Likely But Not Impossible
Lamar Smith talks about pardons and Kent Hovind's hopes for one....
What Motivates Flat Earth Believers
Lamar Smith is back with more on flat earth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I wanted to...
Tax Court Approves Of Consultant As Statutory Employee – Tax Act Makes Case Significant
Mr. Fiedziuszko is a semiretired aerospace engineer. He worked for Space Systems Loral through a contract with West Valley Engineering Co. West Valley processed his pay for Loral withholding federal income iax as well as social security and medicare. On his 2011 W-2, they checked the statutory employee box, but not on his 2012 W-2. Regardless, Mr. Fiedziuszko claimed statutory employee status:
Petitioners claimed deductions on Schedule C of their Form 1040 for the following expenses related to Mr. Fiedziuszko’s consulting business: $2,000 for supplies, $5,000 for travel (including meals and lodging), $9,500 for insurance (other than health), and $2,000 for advertising. In addition, they claimed a $29,540 deduction for self-employed health insurance on their 2012 Form 1040. The record contains no substantiation for these deductions other than “statements of fact” that outline Mr. Fiedziuszko’s business expenses, which he prepared for trial.
IRS Identity Theft Victim May Have Asked For Money Back Too Late
What I really like is the way that they are endeavoring to find something that will let them do the right thing by the victim – “suppose the taxpayers called the IRS and any case history documented by the IRS reflects the taxpayers wanted the offset amount back – that could be sufficient – “. I wonder if that is a subtle hint to look really, really carefully through your desk drawer for a phone message or something. Maybe not. That would be above and beyond.
It’s A Flat World After All
We defend the position that the Bible is literally true and scientifically accurate in every detail. - Kent Hovind Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the...
Clean Up Your Foreign Reporting Deficiencies Before It Is Too Late
The simplest disclosure requirement is the FBAR, which is required if you had ownership or signature authority over foreign accounts aggregating over $10,000. The FBAR is filed electronically with the treasury not the IRS. As foreign disclosures go it is not so bad, but it can be bit of a chore as you can see from the instructions. The penalties for not filing are very nasty.
Then there are the forms that have to be filed with the IRS. Form 3520 – Annual Return To Report Transactions With Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts. Form 8938- Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets.Form 5471 – Information Return of US Persons With Respect To Certain Foreign Corporations. Form 8621 – Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund. Form 8865 – Return of US Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships.
Abigail Megginson On Dinosaur Adventure Land Now And Then
There are two kinds of visitors at Dinosaur Adventure Land: one is interested in supporting Kent Hovind because they believe in the cause. The second, is interested in...
Climate Conference Calls For Scaling Up Solutions
A new guest poster - Gary Arora - and a break from Hovindology, as we have a report on a recent climate conference/...
Lies In “Lies In The Textbooks”
Lamar Smith returns from watching even more Kent Hovind videos. Here is the original "Lies in The Textbooks" if you have a couple of hours of lifespan that you can't...
Reflections On The Supreme Court’s Reflections On Sales Tax
The oral arguments had quite a bit about Congress not acting on this matter and wondering what that implied. Is Congress just fine with the Quill standard? And maybe there is not such a problem since the really big guys like Amazon will likely end up with physical presence everywhere (well maybe not North Dakota). And some of them are collecting sales tax regardless.