Recently, one of my clients told me the story of how he requested a copy of his prior year's tax return from one of my competitors (a franchise...)
He was charged $24.
That same copy could have been obtained from the I.R.S. for free.
Any client requesting a copy of a prior year's tax return from me will receive it for a nominal fee-to cover my time involved in locating and reprinting the return- but not $24!!!!!
US pilot crash into federal building was 'deliberate'
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118993§ionid=3510203
The kamikaze plunge of a small plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Texas on Thursday has been described an act of deliberation.
The pilot Andrew Joseph Stack, 53, left a suicide note on the Internet before going to a Georgetown airport to take off with a single-engine plane aiming to hit the seven-story IRS building. The incident killed two and injured 13 others.
"Violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer," wrote Stack, a software engineer, in his post.
"I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well."
Police have declined to confirm whether the pilot, who also torched his own house before going for the federal building, is among those reported dead.
In his suicide memo posted on the internet, Stack also mentions his financial problems, his difficulty finding a job in Austin, and at least two disputes with the IRS, one of them after he filed no return because, he said, he had no income, and the other after he failed to report his wife's income.
The California State records suggest that Stack had a troubled business history, twice starting software companies in California that ultimately were suspended by the state's tax board, one in 2000 and the other in 2004.
Furthermore, Stack's first wife had filed for bankruptcy in 1999, listing a debt to the IRS of nearly $126,000.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118993§ionid=3510203
The kamikaze plunge of a small plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Texas on Thursday has been described an act of deliberation.
The pilot Andrew Joseph Stack, 53, left a suicide note on the Internet before going to a Georgetown airport to take off with a single-engine plane aiming to hit the seven-story IRS building. The incident killed two and injured 13 others.
"Violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer," wrote Stack, a software engineer, in his post.
"I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well."
Police have declined to confirm whether the pilot, who also torched his own house before going for the federal building, is among those reported dead.
In his suicide memo posted on the internet, Stack also mentions his financial problems, his difficulty finding a job in Austin, and at least two disputes with the IRS, one of them after he filed no return because, he said, he had no income, and the other after he failed to report his wife's income.
The California State records suggest that Stack had a troubled business history, twice starting software companies in California that ultimately were suspended by the state's tax board, one in 2000 and the other in 2004.
Furthermore, Stack's first wife had filed for bankruptcy in 1999, listing a debt to the IRS of nearly $126,000.
U.S. Senate approves rapid tax deduction for Haiti relief contributions-
In a whirlwind procedure, the U.S. Senate by voice vote approved legislation this afternoon to allow taxpayers who make contributions to the Haiti earthquake relief effort between January 12 and February 28, 2010, to take a deduction for those contributions on their 2009 income tax returns.
Those who have already filed their 2009 income tax return may amend to take advantage of the new deduction.The language of the bill states that a taxpayer may treat any contribution, defined as a "cash contribution made for the relief of victims in areas affected by the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, for which a charitable contribution deduction is allowable under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986," made after January 11, 2010 and before March 1, 2010, as if such contribution were made on December 31, 2009.
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Red Cross texting info:
This is so very sad and every little bit helps for sure!
Text "Haiti" to 90999 for a $10 quick donation for starters.
(Your Cell phone carrier will add it on the next bill)
This way you are sure that your donation gets to the right place and you will also have a receipt!
In a whirlwind procedure, the U.S. Senate by voice vote approved legislation this afternoon to allow taxpayers who make contributions to the Haiti earthquake relief effort between January 12 and February 28, 2010, to take a deduction for those contributions on their 2009 income tax returns.
Those who have already filed their 2009 income tax return may amend to take advantage of the new deduction.The language of the bill states that a taxpayer may treat any contribution, defined as a "cash contribution made for the relief of victims in areas affected by the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, for which a charitable contribution deduction is allowable under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986," made after January 11, 2010 and before March 1, 2010, as if such contribution were made on December 31, 2009.
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Red Cross texting info:
This is so very sad and every little bit helps for sure!
Text "Haiti" to 90999 for a $10 quick donation for starters.
(Your Cell phone carrier will add it on the next bill)
This way you are sure that your donation gets to the right place and you will also have a receipt!
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