AMID THE EXPECTED HYPE AND BULLSHIT ON FOX NEWS...THE REAL ISSUE IN THE IRS AFFAIR WITH THE TEABAGGERS IS SIMPLY THIS :
IS IRS PROFILING ALLOWED...?
OR DOES THE IRS HAVE TO BE TOTALLY RANDOM IN ITS SELECTION OF RETURNS TO AUDIT...OR EXCEPTIONS TO GRANT...
CAN THEY USE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR EVENTS...AS METRICS... TO "TARGET" PROBABLE CHEATERS...?
IT HAS BEEN AN OLD JOKE THAT FOR BUSINESSES USING "SCHEDULE C"... THE "C" STANDS FOR "CHEAT"...
IN SHORT DOES THE IRS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEND ITS RESOURCES ON "TARGET RICH" AREAS OF THE TAX LAW...OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE TOTALLY RANDOM...
ARE HIGH INCOME PROFESSIONALS... AND THE DUNKIN DONUTS LADY...EQUALLY "WORTH" AUDITING...?
IF THE IRS THOUGHT THAT THE WAVE OF NEW TEABAGGER ORGANIZATIONS WAS "SUSPICIOUS" FROM A TAX POINT OF VIEW...COULD THEY NOT ACT ON THAT INFORMATION... OR WOULD THAT BE WRONG...?
CLEARLY...PROFILING FOR PURELY POLITICAL REASONS WOULD BE WRONG...
BUT TARGETING FOR VALID REASONS...LIKE THE SUDDEN SURGE OF TEABAGGERS AFTER CITIZENS UNITED CHANGED THE LAW...AND OPENED THE POLITICAL PROCESS TO NEW AND DIFFERENT ENTITIES...MAY BE OK...
ARE THE WORDS "TEA PARTY" A VALID "RED FLAG" FOR AN AUDITOR...?
IF NOT ARE "RED FLAGS" THEMSELVES NOW ILLEGAL...?
AND IF RED FLAGS ARE NOW ILLEGAL...WHAT METRIC IS LEGAL FOR THE IRS...? OR IS TOTAL RANDOMNESS NOW REQUIRED...?
DOES THE LOCAL PAPERBOY DESERVE AN AUDIT AS MUCH AS THE MEDICARE DOCTOR MAKING $500,000 PER YEAR...?
MAYBE WE'LL FIND OUT...
AFTER THE FOX HYPE SETTLES DOWN...
IS IRS PROFILING ALLOWED...?
OR DOES THE IRS HAVE TO BE TOTALLY RANDOM IN ITS SELECTION OF RETURNS TO AUDIT...OR EXCEPTIONS TO GRANT...
CAN THEY USE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR EVENTS...AS METRICS... TO "TARGET" PROBABLE CHEATERS...?
IT HAS BEEN AN OLD JOKE THAT FOR BUSINESSES USING "SCHEDULE C"... THE "C" STANDS FOR "CHEAT"...
IN SHORT DOES THE IRS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEND ITS RESOURCES ON "TARGET RICH" AREAS OF THE TAX LAW...OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE TOTALLY RANDOM...
ARE HIGH INCOME PROFESSIONALS... AND THE DUNKIN DONUTS LADY...EQUALLY "WORTH" AUDITING...?
IF THE IRS THOUGHT THAT THE WAVE OF NEW TEABAGGER ORGANIZATIONS WAS "SUSPICIOUS" FROM A TAX POINT OF VIEW...COULD THEY NOT ACT ON THAT INFORMATION... OR WOULD THAT BE WRONG...?
CLEARLY...PROFILING FOR PURELY POLITICAL REASONS WOULD BE WRONG...
BUT TARGETING FOR VALID REASONS...LIKE THE SUDDEN SURGE OF TEABAGGERS AFTER CITIZENS UNITED CHANGED THE LAW...AND OPENED THE POLITICAL PROCESS TO NEW AND DIFFERENT ENTITIES...MAY BE OK...
ARE THE WORDS "TEA PARTY" A VALID "RED FLAG" FOR AN AUDITOR...?
IF NOT ARE "RED FLAGS" THEMSELVES NOW ILLEGAL...?
AND IF RED FLAGS ARE NOW ILLEGAL...WHAT METRIC IS LEGAL FOR THE IRS...? OR IS TOTAL RANDOMNESS NOW REQUIRED...?
DOES THE LOCAL PAPERBOY DESERVE AN AUDIT AS MUCH AS THE MEDICARE DOCTOR MAKING $500,000 PER YEAR...?
MAYBE WE'LL FIND OUT...
AFTER THE FOX HYPE SETTLES DOWN...
