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Back by popular demand, it's the first half of our third annual "tax excuse" issue! As always, these are real excuses from real taxpayers:
10) I stopped filing my tax returns because every time I sent something to the IRS, it just got them more provoked and they would come after me [Matter of Anonymous, Defense Office of Hearings & Appeals, ISCR Case No. 99-0714 (26 July 2001).].
9) My accountant had heard rumors to the effect that the Inland Revenue Department had revised or was going to revise its policy about assessing and demanding additional tax from taxpayers caught filing incorrect tax returns [Hong Kong Inland Revenue Board of Review Case No. D171/01 (20 March 2002).].
8) I diagnosed myself as suffering from a bipolar mental disease characterized by mania and depression, which caused me to engage in spending binges and illusions of grandeur, and to not file my tax returns. My mental state is influenced by the lunar cycle and I am most prone to personal eccentricities during full moon phases (Petitioner was not a physician, but was a lawyer who represented clients before the Tax Court [Zadan v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 1993-85.].
7) I did not file my tax returns or pay my taxes returns because I am The Messiah and the Witness from Heaven. I bought this land 300 years ago, and as the owner of America I am required to collect taxes, not pay them. After Watergate, President Nixon gave the presidency to me rather than to then Vice-President Ford, and the United States owes me for 20 years of presidency wages [Watts v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 1995-196.].
6) I thought that I would only be fined if I were caught cheating on my taxes; I didn't know that I could go to jail for it! [People v. Leota L. Sevilla, 132 Ill.2d 113, 547 N.E.2d 117 (1988).].
We'll finish the list next week. But, in conclusion, remember that these excuses did not work. So if you are planning to not file your tax return by the April 15th deadline and hoping to avoid a penalty, you're going to have to do better than these folks!
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