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DO WHAT YOU WANT TO THE DOGS, BUT PAY YOUR TAXES

November 13, 2007

A strange story out of Hawaii:

HONOLULU -- The Hawaiian Humane Society accused an Oahu woman of running a puppy mill with dozens of dogs jammed into a roach- and feces-filled townhouse.

But this week a circuit court judge dismissed all 25 counts of animal cruelty.

But the long arm of the tax law had no fear of a stinky apartment:

On Saturday, another judge sentenced Kagan to five years probation and 100 hours of community service in a tax evasion case, which was for "failure to report income" from the sale of dogs in 2001 and 2002.

I would rather be in jail than an apartment with 25 dogs, so maybe that qualifies as a harsh sentence.

The TaxDog has yet to comment on this case.

(TaxDog link courtesy of Robert Flach.)

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