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2009-03-29 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Rev. AL'S Half-price deal on $1.8M taxes.

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Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-29 11:40|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Jeezus Christ - if all the Dems would pay all the taxes they owe, neither the Feds nor the states would have any financial woes.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-29 15:25|| 2009-03-29 15:25|| Front Page Top

#2 I must confess that I found the US tax code even more bizarre and byzantine than the German one and that's saying something.

Posted by European Conservative 2009-03-29 16:11|| 2009-03-29 16:11|| Front Page Top

#3 No sh*t, EC. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-29 16:24|| 2009-03-29 16:24|| Front Page Top

#4 $2,000 per church sermon...

Oh America...

Posted by European Conservative 2009-03-29 18:55|| 2009-03-29 18:55|| Front Page Top

#5 I must confess that I found the US tax code even more bizarre and byzantine than the German one

The U.S. tax code is significantly more bizarre and byzantine than Germany's, European Conservative; but then, we've been working on this particular set of rules since, I belive, the first world war. When we lived in Germany, Mr. Wife's employer paid Deloitte & Touche to do our taxes for both countries; the German form was four or five pages long, while the American one required a 2" (5 cm) binder. Granted, we still haven't finalized what we owe to Germany because Germany hasn't yet finalized how Americans working there as expatriates are to be taxed... they've been working on it since 1947 or so, and there are occasional rumours that they're getting close, but these are Germans, so they will be meticulous and thorough in their decision-making, however long that takes.

As for the Reverand Sharpton, he is long overdue for a long vacation in prison. Hopefully this time someone will actually make it stick.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-03-29 19:28|| 2009-03-29 19:28|| Front Page Top

#6 The form may be easier, but it's not the form that matters.

Actually when you run a business in Germany, you are advised to cheat a little (just a little), because if the tax inspector doesn't find anything he'll get suspicious and will run through your declarations until he finds something, and that may take a while.

Posted by European Conservative 2009-03-29 19:36|| 2009-03-29 19:36|| Front Page Top

#7 @tw

when did you file and did you ever hear back from German tax office?

Posted by European Conservative 2009-03-29 19:38|| 2009-03-29 19:38|| Front Page Top

#8 As for the Reverand Sharpton, he is long overdue for a long vacation in prison.

Yes overdue but we probably won't see Rev. Al at the Graybar Hotel anytime soon TW.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-03-29 19:38|| 2009-03-29 19:38|| Front Page Top

#9 As if Sharpton will ever pay up.

Posted by Grunter 2009-03-29 20:07|| 2009-03-29 20:07|| Front Page Top

#10 @tw

when did you file and did you ever hear back from German tax office?

For tax years 1991-1995. In July, 1995 we moved to Brussels, and end-August 1996 we moved back to the US. Deloitte & Touche will keep our returns on file until Germany decides what to do, and then will inform us. I am under the impression that Mr. Wife's company will cover any taxes in excess of what was already paid... but at the rate this is being worked through over there, I expect it will be a problem for the trailing daughters, far in the future. We did pay our part of what D&T calculated was owed, the company paying the rest -- neither we nor the company would have been happy leaving that for the future, as it does so mess up the books to carry estimated expenses for years on end. To tell you the truth, if we could have figured out how to keep the German government from sending us a check after trailing daughter #2 was born on their soil, I would have been much happier, as we did not need that money and others did. But it was explained that it would cost the government more than the payment to fight our refusal, so we gave up. On the other hand, Mr. Wife secretly worked at home on the weekend, after being warned that if continued going to the office he would be hauled up before the Works Council for setting a bad example, so we hope his excess labour offset our cut from your taxes.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-03-29 21:52|| 2009-03-29 21:52|| Front Page Top

#11 "Mr. Wife secretly worked at home on the weekend, after being warned that if continued going to the office he would be hauled up before the Works Council for setting a bad example"

And they wonder why their economy sucks....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-29 22:11|| 2009-03-29 22:11|| Front Page Top

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