If You're Cheating on Your Taxes...

BusinessWeek Online via AOL ^ | April 17, 2006 | Howard Gleckman

[FoxInSocks]

I was rather shocked after stumbling upon this article. I can just see where this is headed in a few years.

As far as a government agency and its vendors attempting to safeguard my information -- especially information of this nature -- they have just about zero credibility with me anymore. Consider the laptops containing confidential information that seem to go missing once in a while.

[JRandomFreeper]

In 1979, I got married and was scheduled to join the military.

My grandfather officiated at my wedding.

After we said; "I do", he said, sotto voca, "you're screwed"

Pappy wasn't wrong about the direction of American politics.

/johnny

[TYVets]

In just the past six months, Texas has collected $5 million in unpaid taxes from 43 scofflaws.

It only cost the taxpayers in Texas $50 million for the state to do it.

[Muleteam1]

Seems like another good place to mention that for every property and income tax dollar I sent to the Federal government and New Mexico last year (NM has an income tax), I sent $5.40 to Texas (TX does not have an income tax). This is disgusting considering that my NM residential city property is worth almost three times my TX commercial city property. Texas is welcome to track me down but they will find me out of the State soon, I hope. I just took my vehicle to New Mexico to register it (+8% sales tax in Texas, 3% in New Mexico). There are 254 counties in Texas which are mostly conservative, yet liberal Travis County, runs roughshod over all. Hmmmm, sort of sounds like the U.S. Congress?

[Libertarian444]

State employees.....are barred from disclosing the data

Government employees depend on the ever-expanding power of The State (and ever-increasing tax revenue to fund that power) to facilitate their existence.   And they think this info will remain private???  Uh-huh, yeah, whatever.

[knowtherules]

Able Danger = No Good.

Able Taxes = Priceless.

[evad]

YIKES!

I better claim that carton of cigs I bought in Virginia.

[traviskicks]

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[rodeocowboy]

Hence, the reason to vote Constitution Party this year. Teach the Republican Party a lesson this year about going back to its base and its platform to prepare them conservatively for 2008.

[PhiKapMom]

You obvious don't have a clue -- they are not even on the ballot in some states including mine. I am sick and tired of you 3rd party types wanting to teach us a lesson and we end up with RATs in office.

Vote 3rd party because you believe in your party not to teach Republicans a lesson. Shows how little conviction you have or you wouldn't make such a statement.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I didn't cheat, I just added these dependents, welfare person, invader and a person in jail.:)

[zeugma]

. I am sick and tired of you 3rd party types wanting to teach us a lesson and we end up with RATs in office.

Yes, we could end up with big spending democrats who won't even do something as fundamental as securing our borders. And that would be different from what we have now? Frankly, as time goes by, I see less and less difference between either side of our present system.

[ex-Texan]

Big ticket items purchased in other states. Off shore bank accounts are getting more common. Small wonder! Most people in the U.S. believe that federal incomes taxes are still too high [Survey results - scroll down]. That includes people in all earned income brackets. The states want more and more tax revenue and will turn over any rock to find taxpayer data.

[Crooked Constituent]

I'm thinking about becoming an illegal immigrant to get around this whole tax thing.

[thoughtomator]

Like we got real tax reform with 6 years of unified GOP control, eh? Even the AMT they didn't touch.

[thoughtomator]

The next step after this is to monitor peoples' internet connections to see if anyone protests their tax level or criticizes the IRS, and to flag those people for the full rectal exam.

[ikka]

They can spend all this money but can't find and deport illegals when they are marching down the street.

[gaijin]

If you're in California and have kids of college age, just have them show-up at the UC registrar's office, declaring themselves as bright ILLEGALS --they're fully entitled to in-state tuition, to pay LESS than Americans from Nevada, for example...

[fella]

If my boss (wife) and I are cheating on our taxes then our CPA is in trouble too.

[Revolting cat!]

Damn, makes you wish you were in Russia where everybody cheats, and where the almighty state, after 70 solid years of totalitarian practice still can't catch anyone!

Orwellian nightmare, baby? It's us!