OK, my turn.
GoldandSilverEagles wrote:Was Roger Clemens at risk by disclosing on his 1040 form the fact he used steroids?
Yeah, I guess if he were loopy enough to want to mention "steriods" on his tax return for some reason. Theoretically, you know. Also, if a serial killer were to happen to mention on his tax return that he's a "serial killer," that would be putting the serial killer at risk for prosecution. I'm not sure why someone would want to disclose either steriod use or "serial killer-ness" on a tax return, though. Sounds like a pretty stupid question.
Did he risk losing the opportunity to be in the baseball hall of fame or risk the loss of advertising contracts?
I think we're getting into a weird area, here. What does this have to do with the requirement that you disclose something on a federal income tax return? Why, Gold, would you think there would be a requirement that you disclose "steriod use" on a federal income tax return?
Did he risk any investigation by the irs into whether he deducted expenses for steroid use on the 1040 form?
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
How should he have protected himself from loss or even further investigation in regard to the 1040 he submitted?
See above question regarding angels and pins.
There's unintended risks associated with making disclosures on the 1040 form. It's not all about "income" or the reporting of "income". Sometimes it's about other things. Take the case of a delinquent parent.
Do we have to?
Does a parent with delinquent child-support risk any investigation(s) when disclosures are made on the 1040 form whether lies or not, and does the government use those disclosures to penalize individuals for things other than taxes?
OK, I get the drift. This parent is, for some reason, going to disclose on his tax return that he is late on child support payments? What, with a red crayon entry in large letters, requesting that the IRS please contact the child support authorities, with a phone number?
None of these uses of the information disclosed on a 1040 form are disclosed in the instructions for the form.
Maybe that's because there's no reason for "these uses" to be mentioned in the instructions, as there's no particular reason to disclose the information in a federal income tax return, since there's
no requirement that this kind of information be disclosed in a federal income tax return.
Gold, are you by any chance using your federal income tax returns as your memoirs? Are you writing your life history on your tax returns, complete with lists of all your debt delinquencies, complete with a list of whatever crimes you have committed, etc., etc.?
Is this a new sub-category or cult within the tax protester-tax denier community? People who have an uncontrollable, compulsive urge to disclose everything about themselves on their federal income tax returns and who then argue that the tax laws are unconstitutional -- because.... what? Because the things they disclose are incriminating them?
Take a haloperidol and call me in the morning.
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