Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cca.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!dee From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) Newsgroups: net.taxes Subject: Re: Things IRS won't tell you #1 Message-ID: <665@cca.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Oct-84 17:38:22 EDT Article-I.D.: cca.665 Posted: Sat Oct 20 17:38:22 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Oct-84 08:59:49 EDT References: <3958@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Computer Corp America, Cambridge Lines: 18 I have no problem with the theory that you don't really have to file income tax returns (although I am not fully convinced). I even once knew someone who just didn't bother. Eventually, the IRS assesed him taxes and took them out of his bank account, where he kept a big enough balance to cover them. There was a lot of fuss and bother about this the first time the IRS did it but then they just caught up for all the missed years and started doing it regularly. It was perfectly clear that they guy could have saved himself a lot of money by doing his own forms, as the IRS didn't do anything in the way of deductions or the like except take the standard. They also assesed a fee to cover the costs of taking the money out of this guy's bank account each year. Also, I don't see why filling out an income tax form is necessarily incriminating. You can certaily withold information on the source of illegal income. -- + Donald E. Eastlake, III ARPA: dee@CCA-UNIX usenet: {decvax,linus}!cca!dee