ebay question

From: Ron Hudson <rhudson_at_cnonline.net>
Date: Thu Nov 6 09:36:00 2003

On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 09:17 AM, Joe wrote:

> At 08:16 AM 11/6/03 -0500, R. D. Davis wrote:
>> Quothe Joe, from writings of Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:25:10AM -0500:
>>
>> At 10:02 PM 11/5/03 -0800, someone wrote:
>>> I rather figured this was the case, and was part of why I recommended
>>> getting professional advice. Any idea if storage costs go towards
>>> showing
>>> that you didn't make a profit? Unfortunately in my case, I don't
>>> have
>>> receipts that show how much I paid for all this junk, and I sure
>>> can't
>>> remember in most cases.
>>
>> If all else fails in dire straits, surely the person in question has
>> enough different printers, and printing calculators, in their
>> collection, that can produce different types of print, from dot-matrix
>> to thermal and laser, as well as aged paper, to fudge a few receipts
>> if necessary. ;-)
>
> Hmm. This got me thinking. I often find paper work with this stuff
> showing it's original costs (in the tens of thousands of dollars!) or
> it's
> estimated used value (still in the $1000 range). I wonder if the IRS
> would
> accept that instead of the reciept showing that I paid $2 for it :-)
>
> Joe
>
>
>

not now that you have mentioned it in an open forum (he he :^/ )
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