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BECAUSE TAUNTING THE TAX MAN ALWAYS WORKS!
July 07, 2008
This isn't the sort of statement most tax professionals would recommend to a client responding to a contact from the tax authorities:
"Come and get me, you miserable bastards."
Australian actor Paul Hogan, lately of California, isn't thrilled that the Austrialian Taxation Office is seeking IRS help in a tax investigation. If he had been acting pursuant to professional advice, he would have said something more conciliatory, like "Dear Miserable Bastards: I look forward to settling this matter on an amicable basis."
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Comments
Thanks for the mention and I just had to tell you that you win the absolute best headline for this story. I'm still laughing!
Posted by: Kay | July 7, 2008 1:49 PM
Thanks! Always glad to do my bit...
Posted by: Joe Kristan | July 7, 2008 2:19 PM