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that's a ridiculous leap to think they earned 9 million in a year because they had a tax bill of #3 million
such a large tax bill could be a snowball of mistake upon mistake -- my friend was just billed $80,000 and with interest and penalties in a few months time it was already over $90,000
my friend has nothing and so had to argue it himself
do you know what he REALLY owed?
zero
do you know WHY?
because the original tax bill from the IRS was a bunch of made up horseshit in the first place
the summary is, in 2001 he lost everything because of 911 and the stock market shutting down and then crashing, leading to the crash of enron and some other large companies such as worldcom,
because he owed NOTHING, he didn't file a return
because he didn't file a return, the gov't just looked at how much stock he had earlier in 2001 and pretended to believe that he, of all the men in america, somehow made money in the stock market this year
they figured he couldn't fight it because the paperwork was lost -- he was also a katrina victim
with great difficulty he was able to reconstruct the records and proved that he had no income and owed no money and finally the IRS agreed
i don't know the story on the $3 million couple, but quite likely they had a snowballing error, going back years, that grew cruelly beyond anyone's ability to pay
they did not earn 9 million in a year, you wouldn't be using those type of services if you did, you would hire your own tax atty
you would not assume someone guilty until tried in a court of law, don't assume someone owes tons of taxes and makes tons of money just because they receive an insane tax bill
this gov't deliberately preys on those who they believe can't fight back
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