My Bad
In my post below, I assumed that the indignant wingnut was done in by one of her clients reporting paying her to the IRS. I was wrong.
Digby’s post on this individual has a quote from a different source that includes this statement from Professor Hendershott:
“The IRS calls my house and says … ‘I just wanted to let you know that we’re going to be auditing your business’ and I said ‘My businesses?’ and he said, ‘You know the expenses you take off for writing.”
So, she didn’t know she was in business, but she was taking deductions for the business she didn’t know she had, while not reporting the income.
The IRS is golden – she either lied about the expenses or lied about the income, so it’s a win-win for them – either way she was evading taxes. A nasty IRS agent would have told her to bring her toothbrush to the meeting. This is the kind of thing that put Al Capone in prison.
May 18, 2013 6 Comments
