Collecting and taxes

From: Tony Eros <tony.eros_at_machm.org>
Date: Mon Jan 29 10:37:49 2001

Interesting question though -- "should the tax people visit my site they
might think I'm making a living from buying and selling machines" -- what
if the "site" in question is a web site? Can the revenooers use what they
see on a web site against the owner? :-)

-- Tony

At 10:45 AM 1/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > On a different tack, what's the group's thoughts about taxes etc? Should
>the
> > tax people visit my site they might think I'm making a living from buying
> > and selling machines and may want a little extra cash out of me despite
>the
> > fact I can probably prove it's impossible to make real money out of this
>AND
> > have a full time job and it really is a hobby....
>
>There is a long-established tradition here in America wherein we
>take great difference with a revenuer's (taxman's) attempt to
>enter the premises. The tradition involves guns and dead taxmen.
>
>All kidding aside, the 4th amendment to our Constitution elucidates
>our intrinsic right to be safe and secure in our persons and property
>from unwarranted intrusion. In other words, a U.S. citizen is never
>required to admit a government agent unless the agent has a warrant,
>and while it may happen from time to time, I don't think that revenue
>agents typically ask for and receive warrants to enter a private residence.
>
>There are, however, some horror stories I could tell involving the
>U.S. Marshalls' Service who are able to perform warrantless searches,
>but they're looking for pirated software, not old iron.
>
>Regards,
>-dq
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