“I’m guessing that the the guy probably just saw the bottom line on his 1040, decided to cash in his chips and take some Treasury slobs with him, and torched his house in advance to make sure the Infernal Revenue Service couldn’t get one thin dime out of him, even posthumously. “
I just did two years tax returns for a guy who’s wife was his bookkeeper for his business... She stole all his money, ran up huge credit card debts, left him for another guy, and now filed for spousal support. He’s facing a huge tax liability for the money she stole from him. And we wonder why people take drastic measures!!!
Due to her greed and stupidity, my first wife screwed me on back taxes, too - several thousand dollars' worth. In order to finalize the divorce so I could get remarried, I agreed to take care of the back federal taxes, and she was to take care of the state taxes, as well as pay for and have processed the divorce paperwork. All she did was sign the divorce paperwork and pay for it - I got buggered on the rest of it. She's lucky we live at separate ends of the continental U.S. - my current wife said that if I didn't find her and kick her ass one day, she
was, because she had to foot the bill, as well. She dragged the divorce out for a year and a half, so she could finish getting what she wanted out of the marriage. Like Jerry Reed said, "She got the gold mine, I got the shaft".
