Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!petrus!karn From: karn@petrus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.taxes Subject: Re: Fun with the Taxman Message-ID: <255@petrus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 18:22:11 EST Article-I.D.: petrus.255 Posted: Fri Jan 11 18:22:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 08:14:08 EST References: <10835@watmath.UUCP> <371@ihu1e.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 14 > To all US taxpayers who get the royal shaft from the Uncle Sam, might > I suggest a little fun with the Tax Man for the upcoming years. > Instead of sending a smiley along with your tax return to the > Tax Man, staple your tax return to a large piece of wood and enclose it > in a wooden crate. Remember you are only penalized if you send in a > late return. The law does not state how it has to get there. Please note the section in the latest 1040's about the penalties for "filing a frivolous return". Obviously, this is an unconstitutional rule (who the hell defines "frivolous"??), but they've got more lawyers than you do. Phil