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askmrjesus
04-24-2009, 12:42 PM
I'm on hold with the IRS.

They have a question about the legitimacy of claiming tequila as a business expense, (seemed reasonable to me...:shrug:)

So, after pressing 1 for English (there's no Portuguese option) and entering my Tax Payer ID #, they cranked up the "on hold" music.

What's playing? A little mid-seventies Elton John perhaps?

No. It's the Nutcracker Suite.

Cute. Assholes.

JC
Particle Man
04-24-2009, 12:45 PM
I'm on hold with the IRS.

They have a question about the legitimacy of claiming tequila as a business expense, (seemed reasonable to me...:shrug:)

So, after pressing 1 for English (there's no Portuguese option) and entering my Tax Payer ID #, they cranked up the "on hold" music.

What's playing? A little mid-seventies Elton John perhaps?

No. It's the Nutcracker Suite.

Cute. Assholes.

JCthey're trying to wear you down.

Next will come the waterboarding
the chi
04-24-2009, 12:56 PM
bwahahahaha...just hold your breath when they start with the water...

Tequila IS a business expense, so long as you were engaged in business at the time of consumption! :wink:
Gas Man
04-24-2009, 01:00 PM
OH snap... Go Rae with the reasons!

What did the IRS say?
askmrjesus
04-24-2009, 01:01 PM
Tequila IS a business expense, so long as you were engaged in business at the time of consumption! :wink:

That's what I thought too.

I can't do this shit sober, it makes my head hurt.

JC
askmrjesus
04-24-2009, 01:02 PM
What did the IRS say?

Nothing yet, I'm still on hold.

JC
Gas Man
04-24-2009, 01:02 PM
its 20 mins later!!

WTF
the chi
04-24-2009, 01:03 PM
:lol: TRULY!! A "working" lunch/dinner outing, treating the employees and discussing work, it totally counts!!
Rider
04-24-2009, 01:04 PM
I was at BWW's with an attorney friend of mine for a Monday Night Football game. We asked him about a case he was working on. He picked up the entire tab for the evening because we were "talking business". So I can see how Tequila can be a legitimate expense as long and you were talking work at the time. :rockout:
t-homo
04-24-2009, 01:10 PM
My parents once put an entire vacation as a business expense since it was with another couple they worked with. Got away with it free and clear.
Trip
04-24-2009, 01:58 PM
My parents once put an entire vacation as a business expense since it was with another couple they worked with. Got away with it free and clear.

I do that all the time, we call it "Benchmarking." Got to go to Disney World and Fort Lauderdale last year. Going to Washington DC in a few weeks and probably a few other places.
njchopper87
04-25-2009, 06:42 PM
I hate the IRS. I feel that statement alone is enough reasoning when dealing with these pricks.

What did they say, btw?
101lifts2
04-25-2009, 06:54 PM
I do that all the time, we call it "Benchmarking." Got to go to Disney World and Fort Lauderdale last year. Going to Washington DC in a few weeks and probably a few other places.

This the reason we need to go to a fair or consumption tax. There are too many people writing off everything...
askmrjesus
04-25-2009, 07:03 PM
They were actually cool about it, once they finally took me off hold.

I explained that most of my clients are total alcoholics (which is true), and that my "entertainment" deductions are all backed up by receipts (which is mostly kinda true, sort of) and they said, "Ok".

I'm probably going to be audited now, but I have a plan for that, (it involves Tequila...)

JC
Lamnidae
04-25-2009, 07:07 PM
This the reason we need to go to a fair or consumption tax. There are too many people writing off everything...

word on Fair Tax.
askmrjesus
04-25-2009, 07:14 PM
This the reason we need to go to a fair or consumption tax. There are too many people writing off everything...

If can GM write down 39 Billion in future tax deferments in a single quarter, my Tequila tab is the least of our problems. :lol:

JC
bmblebee
04-26-2009, 02:36 PM
This the reason we need to go to a fair or consumption tax. There are too many people writing off everything...


There are too many people who aren't paying anything...and some get more back in refund, than they paid in
Captain Morgan
04-27-2009, 06:50 PM
This the reason we need to go to a fair or consumption tax. There are too many people writing off everything...

The problem with consumption tax is that there will be complete misers who will earn a ton and yet spend nothing. The government would have to wait till the misers die and their kids inherit the money before collecting tax on things. The government is too far in debt to wait that long, so they're just going to tax everything they can now.