Interesting Tax And Spying Question:?
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I believe the government is allowed to access information from the landlord, and the person's bank account in this instance. There are no legal ways to evade tax. If you invest the money, you may be able to minimise your tax, but as I am from Australia and our tax laws are different to yours, I can't say for certain. \n\nThe American tax laws take up 1.2 million pages, so I'm sure they have covered everything.
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Just as a quick heads-up, if you're not able to find publicly available information on the internet, what makes you think you can sneak around and find out private information?\n\nInvestigators tend to be a little more inquisitive than you appear to be.
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Bill Gates \n\nIt's too bad we can't all be rich enough to have special computers built for us in the Internal Revenue Service's office. Yahoo is reporting that Bill Gates is just that rich! At a conference in Lisbon, Gates claimed:\n\n    "My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven't paid something when really it is just on the wrong computer. Then they will send me another notice telling me how bad they feel they that they sent me a notice that was a mistake."\n\nSo the United States' tax office doesn't have a "normal" PC capable of handling finances in the range of US$49 billion? I'm not surprised. But if the office does need a "special" computer with a presumably "special" operating system for Bill, what OS is on all of the "wrong" computers? This is must-know info for anyone planning to start an US$80 billion software company!
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From the horse's mouth....err, website:\n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=132944,00.html
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What would those be???\nDeath and taxes???
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I really hope you are joking. \n\nAccording to section 7201 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), it is a federal crime for anyone to willfully attempt to evade or defeat the payment of federal income taxes. A taxpayer can be found guilty of that offense when all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:\n\nThe DEFENDANT owed substantial INCOME TAX in addition to that declared in the defendant's tax return \nThe defendant knowingly and willfully attempted to evade or defeat the tax \nThe prosecution need not show the exact amount of the taxes due, but it must prove that the defendant knowingly and willfully attempted to evade or defeat a substantial portion of the additional tax charged in the INDICTMENT.\n\nIn this context, the word "attempt" means that the defendant knew or understood that he had TAXABLE INCOME which he was required by law to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the particular tax year or years involved. Nevertheless, the defendant attempted to evade or defeat the tax, or a significant part of the tax on that income, by willfully failing to report all of the income the defendant earned during that year.\n\nDuring an AUDIT, if an IRS revenue agent suspects FRAUD, he can impose penalties himself, or he can refer the case to the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). The CID is part of the enforcement mechanism for the IRS. It is divided into two parts— General Enforcement (for ordinary taxpayers) and Special Enforcement (for unions, organized crime, and cases involving drugs).\n\nThe CID has broad powers. In fact, a taxpayer may not even know the CID is investigating him until the taxpayer is formally charged. The CID takes its job very seriously and conducts extremely thorough investigations. In pursuit of EVIDENCE, CID agents may contact a taxpayer's friends, employer, co-workers, neighbors, and bankers, and spouse. There are CID offices throughout the United States. CID agents are federal investigators who have been trained in law enforcement techniques. Most CID agents are also accountants, and many have earned their CPA.\n\nThe CID may monitor mail and may apply for a court order for a phone tap.\n\nBecause of the many resources it takes to conduct a CID investigation, only a very small percentage of taxpayers or tax evaders are investigated by the CID. The IRS will use the CID only when it has strong implications of serious wrongdoing. Even in these cases, the CID will recommend prosecution only if it has built an airtight case against the suspect.\n\nThe CID will usually PROSECUTE cases it determines are very strong. On the other hand, if the case may generate a lot of publicity, the CID may decide to prosecute anyway. The CID and IRS view high publicity prosecutions against high profile people as being a major deterrent for others contemplating committing a tax crime. The CID also considers the amount of money involved in a tax crime when deciding whether to prosecute a case. The average amount of money owed in most criminal tax cases exceeds $70,000. Once the decision to prosecute has been made by officials in the CID, and the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT accepts the case, the chances of obtaining a CONVICTION are about 80 percent. About half of those convicted will be incarcerated, irrespective of any prior criminal record in their past.\n\nWhen the CID completes an investigation and recommends that a taxpayer be prosecuted for a tax crime, IRS lawyers will conduct at least two stages of before there is final approval to proceed with a prosecution:\n\nAfter the IRS decides to prosecute, it forwards the case to the United States Department of Justice Tax Division in Washington, D. C. Federal prosecutors with special training in prosecuting criminal tax violations review the case and determine whether or not to authorize prosecution. \nIf the Department of Justice Tax Division in Washington approves prosecution, the case is sent to U. S. attorney's office l
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Well, according to the paranoid before me, taxation is a big conspiracy.  But, this doesn't really answer the question.\n\nThe idea is that for US citizens, all income earned anywhere in the world is subject to taxation by the US at varying rates.  Wages and interest are taxed at higher rates than money made from investing (capital gains and dividends).\n\nYou then take your total income, and based on your family situation you get a choice between a "standard deduction" and "itemized deductions" (costs that politicians decided you should be able to reduce your income by: home ownership, paying state taxes, medical costs, charitable contributions), whichever is higher.  Then, for each "dependent", you get an exemption of $3200 for 2005.\n\nThen, based on your income you pay a certain amount of tax (the rate is higher the more money you make).  Then, there are credits for paying for certain desirable activities (college/university tuition, retirement contributions).
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The IRS chooses 1% of returns at random for auditing.\n\nThey use the information from those returns to develop rules that lead them to people likely to cheat, and audit likely cheaters in addition to the random picks.
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You have a very good point and for all i know you could be the very person you are talking about. If i was the NSA i think i would be asking that very same question. They probably are reading this. But  I think we have the right to our own opinion and i dont think my opinion about the goverments going to change anytime soon. I would tell them too that they could be doing better things with there money, than spying on me or you.
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Cheney will never turn over his notes, or appear before Congress; he thinks he is above us all. I think we all know what they would find; the selling of the American people down the river of oil. Old Kennyboy didn't even get a eulogy from his old pals at the White House. Anyway, it should be fun watching the thieves squirm a little bit, and spend big money on their lawyers, but I'm sure there will be plenty left in their offshore accounts, that's the real tax cut. Great question!
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Call the IRS and ask.
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You can not conceal the income because its recorded in Bank. The best way is the investment in certain specified things to take the deduction.\n\n     Avoiding tax by legal means should be though and not avoiding by all means which will put you more in problem because there is both penalty and prosecution mechanism under I T Act.
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My answer:  Probably then they would come up with a way to tax exploding heads.\n\nJumpingrightin:  If you're going to accuse someone of asking an "uninformed question" you might want to try spell check or at the very least grammar check.
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Do you use your cable for personal use or for only educational use?  If you use it for personal use, I wouldn't even bother.  It will be too much of a pain to explain to the IRS.  And, you would have to apportion personal vs. business use.\n\nHowever, if you only use it for educational use, then you could deduct it on your Schedule A if you itemize deductions as a deduction to 2% of your AGI.
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The IRS has a simple equation thus,\nHow much did you earn.....+\nHow much did you spend...-\nGive us the rest...........=
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good question. i need that info too.\ntry irs.gov