Taxes and Auction Site Question

[birdman42]

Well, here's the thing. Our federal tax system is based on voluntary compliance. That means you're expected to do the right thing without any prodding.

As a professional tax guy, I see the occasional person who's trying to evade paying their proper taxes. I send those people packing, for two reasons. First, I don't need the aggravation of dealing with the tax man when the client gets caught (and eventually they will get caught). Second, I don't need people like that in my life--abetting their actions is just bad juju. (Tax avoidance is fine--taking advantage of features of the tax code to reduce taxes.)

I'm with Ryan. I'm not going to answer any of your direct questions ("How much?" "How long?" etc. etc.) Doing that just leads down the path of "how about if I do it this way?" Do it right because it's the right thing to do.

Bill