Tax Update Blog: Taxpayer-of-the-year Archives
FESTIVE INDOOR JAZZ STYLINGS
December 21, 2007
The Julius Brooks Jazz Trio improved the lunch hour in Downtown this afternoon.
Improve the chances of a deserving nominee to be our 2007 "Taxpayer of the Year." Consider one of the lesser known candidates - someone like Creed J. Pearson, who offered to settle his own back taxes by auditing the Scientologists.
Check out all of the worthy nominees here, and vote daily through December 31!
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SKYWALK MUSIC
December 17, 2007
There's lots of good music this time of year on the Des Moines Skywalk system. The Scott Davis Quartet entertained at Capitol Square today. Yes, they are a quartet; the bass player is the invisible guy in the middle.
Celebrate the holidays by participating in our "Taxpayer of the Year" voting. Vote daily through December 31.
You can learn about our worthy nominees here.
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TAXPAYER OF THE YEAR 2007: THE POLLS ARE OPEN!
December 04, 2007
It's time, ladies and gentlemen, for our annual recognition of a taxpayer who has found a way to stand out in world of taxes. The nomination criteria is flexible; celebrity helps, but is not requires. So without further ado, let the voting begin!
The nominees and their tax-related fame are outlined below.
Militant Vegan Law Professor Anna E. Charlton gets nominated for her 
Joseph Francis is one of our celebrity nominees. The founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" empire 
Actor Wesley Snipes, our runner-up last year, kept his name in the tax news by
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WASHING YOUR HANDS OF TAX FRAUD?
September 05, 2007
I wonder if this excuse had ever worked before?
The feds charged Anthony Vincent Miller with evading $2.4 million over three years. The jury acquitted him for one year and deadlocked on the other two, on the basis of this (from the Pittsburgh Star-Tribune):
Lawyers for Miller, who now lives in Melbourne, Fla., argued that a chronic obsessive-compulsive disorder made it nearly impossible for him to perform certain tasks in a timely manner, such as paying his bills.
Because of his condition, the lawyers argued, Miller relied on an accountant, who led him to believe he had a three-year extension to pay the taxes.
Neat. It's a cynical blend of the venerable "blame the accountant defense" with "obsessive compulsive disorder":
In response to their obsessions, most people with OCD resort to repetitive behaviors called compulsions. The most common of these are washing and checking. Other compulsive behaviors include counting (often while performing another compulsive action such as hand washing), repeating, hoarding, and endlessly rearranging objects in an effort to keep them in precise alignment with each other.
Amazingly, Mr. Miller's obsessions apparently did not involve paying his $2.4 million tax liability.
Not only does this creative defense get Mr. Miller off the hook, it qualifies him as a nominee for our coveted 2007 Taxpayer-of-the-Year award. But take heart, taxpayers - nominations remain open!
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