housing wow....

[TAB]

What online purchases? I didn't make any online purchases. Wink wink. I think we're supposed to report them here too. That's the only tax I've been able to avoid.

ca was like that too... I had a simple rule.


if it was for work and I was going to write it off, I paid the sales tax.  if not, I didn't.



old saying.

people that say they pay all of their taxes are either liars or fools.   which one are you?   

[Timothy]

I actually checked one year and because clothing and food aren't taxed here, my tax liability to the state for Amazon was about twenty bucks that year. 

[Solus]

I look at taxes this way.

If I were to arrive home and see a pickup truck parked in front of my house loaded by theives with many of my belongings, I'd have no qualms grabbing out as much of it as i could before it pulled away.

It used to be in some parts of the country they had no qualms shooting revenuers on sight too.

[tombogan03884]

You post that as if it's a bad thing. ?

[billt]

Speaking of revenuers, can you legally distill whiskey at home for your own consumption?

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

Not according to this,   

https://www.ttb.gov/spirits/home-distilling.shtml


    Within title 26 of the United States Code, section 5601 sets out criminal penalties for activities including the following. Offenses under this section are felonies that are punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, for each offense.
        5601(a)(1) – Possession of an unregistered still.
        5601(a)(2) – Engaging in business as a distiller without filing an application and receiving notice of registration.
        5601(a)(6) – Distilling on a prohibited premises. (Under 26 U.S.C. 5178(a)(1)(B), a distilled spirits plant may not be located in a residence or in sheds, yards, or enclosures connected to a residence.)
        5601(a)(7) – Unlawful production or use of material fit for production of distilled spirits.
        5601(a)( – Unlawful production of distilled spirits.
        5601(a)(11) – Purchase, receipt, and/or processing of distilled spirits when the person who does so knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that Federal excise tax has not been paid on the spirits.
        5601(a)(12) – Removal or concealment of distilled spirits on which tax has not been paid.
    Under 26 U.S.C. 5602, engaging in business as a distiller with intent to defraud the United States of tax is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.
    Under 26 U.S.C. 5604(a)(1), transporting, possessing, buying, selling, or transferring any distilled spirit unless the container bears the closure required by 26 U.S.C. 5301(d) (i.e., a closure that must be broken in order to open the container) is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, for each offense.
    Under 26 U.S.C. 5613, all distilled spirits not closed, marked, and branded as required by law and the TTB regulations shall be forfeited to the United States. In addition, 26 U.S.C. 5615(1) provides that unregistered stills and/or distilling apparatus also will be forfeited.
    Under 26 U.S.C. 5615(3), whenever any person carries on the business of a distiller without having given the required bond or with the intent to defraud the United States of tax on distilled spirits, the personal property of that person located in the distillery, and that person's interest in the tract of land on which the still is located, shall be forfeited to the United States.
    Under 26 U.S.C. 5686, possessing liquor or property intended to be used in violation of the law is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in prison, a fine of up to $5,000, or both. Such liquor and property is also subject to the seizure and forfeiture provisions in 26 U.S.C. 5688.
    Under 26 U.S.C. 7201, any person who willfully attempts to evade or defeat any Internal Revenue Code tax (including the tax on distilled spirits) has committed a felony and shall be fined up to $100,000, imprisoned for up to 5 years, or both, plus the cost of prosecution.
    Under 26 U.S.C. 7301, any property subject to tax, or raw materials and/or equipment for the production of such property, in the possession of any person for the purpose of being sold or removed in violation of the internal revenue laws may be seized and shall be forfeited to the United States. In addition, any property (including aircraft, vehicles, and vessels) used to transport or used as a container for such property or materials may be seized and shall be forfeited to the United States. Further, 26 U.S.C. 7302 adds that it is unlawful to possess any property intended for use, or which has been used, in violation of the internal revenue laws; no property rights shall exist in any such property.

[tombogan03884]

On the other hand.

http://www.homebrewing.org/Home-Distilling-Equipment_c_264.html


http://www.homebrewing.org/Copper-Still-5-Gallon_p_6894.html

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

It used to be in some parts of the country they had no qualms shooting revenuers on sight too.

Those places still DO exist. A few in Kentucky. Pathfinder?? Any input.

[Solus]

You post that as if it's a bad thing. ?

Me?  No...I was just pointing out that in some areas with less Police Oversight, they might get what they deserve.

[TAB]

I am not afraid of the tax man, epa or osha man is scary as hell.

The worst the tax man can do is take my stuff.   The other two can throw me in jail, for things that are accidents.  Seen it happen more then once.