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YO MOMMA!
April 04, 2006
If this excuse has been tried in Tax Court before, I've missed it:
Petitioner contends that the section 6651 and 6654 additions to tax are not applicable because her parents raised her to believe that the Internal Revenue Service was an illegal organization and taught her not to file tax returns or pay taxes. As a result, petitioner believes that if she ever filed a return or paid taxes she would be “disowned” by her parents.
The Tax Court today ruled that you can't skip your taxes just because your Mom and Dad say you can.
The facts in the case don't indicate whether the parents wrote a note to the IRS excusing their daughter from tax payments for that year.
Cite: Ruth Ann Gillings, T.C. Memo 2006-65
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Honor your mother and father!
Posted by: thc | April 4, 2006 9:13 PM