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<TD><STRONG><FONT size=6>The Basics</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT size=5><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000><SPAN class=heading1black>IRS
pays informants to squeal on tax
cheats</SPAN><BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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face=Arial,Helvetica color=#993300 size=2>While it may seem Orwellian,
thousands of people each year take advantage of the IRS program. Here's
how it works.</FONT><BR><BR> <SPAN class=smallprompt>By <A
href="http://moneycentral.msn.com/Content/contributors.asp#Schnepper">Jeff
Schnepper</A></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=normalloose>"He's dead meat if he
doesn't pay me. I won't sue him . . . I'll destroy him with one phone
call!"<BR><BR>Don't make Dave Cohen angry.<BR><BR>Dave is a New Jersey tax
attorney. His clients pay their bills, they suffer the hell of an IRS
civil and criminal investigation. What Dave does is clearly unethical
(that's why we can't use his real name), but he can't be caught. Dave is a
snitch for the IRS.<BR><BR>Dave had a client who was a restaurant owner.
He gave Dave a $1,000 cash deposit, but refused to pay the balance of his
bill. The restaurant owner was pocketing lots of cash income that never
made it to his tax return -- a clear civil and criminal violation. As an
attorney, Dave couldn't publicly violate attorney-client privilege, so he
had a friend call the IRS with enough information to start an
investigation.
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<TD vAlign=top align=middle width=146><SPAN
class=smallprompt>Looking for a loan?<BR>Check out MSN
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class=heading3red>Swarms of agents descend</SPAN><BR>Tips are important to
the IRS. Annually, it collects more than $100 million and pays out from $2
million to $5 million to snitches. If you've ever heard the horror stories
about the invasiveness of a normal IRS audit, they pale in comparison to a
criminal investigation.<BR><BR>In the case of our not-so-innocent
restaurant owner, swarms of agents descended upon and paralyzed his
business. For the next nine months, the owner endured the torture of
Treasury agents peeling away every layer of his financial life, resulting
in multiple thousands of dollars in taxes, fines, penalties and
interest.<BR><BR>He avoided jail only by hiring another attorney to
negotiate a settlement with the IRS. The non-paying owner ended up
spending more money on legal fees than on the tax he should have paid
originally.<BR><BR>Dave's friend even received a substantial reward for
the information. And, of course, Dave's legal bill was finally
paid.<BR><BR><SPAN class=heading3red>Motive isn't profit; it's
revenge</SPAN><BR>While the Internal Revenue Service doesn't publicly
encourage tax informers, its representatives admit that many
investigations couldn't be successfully conducted, or even started,
without the use of paid informants or the direct purchase of
evidence.<BR><BR>Most informants are former employees of a business that
has been underreporting its income. A disgruntled employee who doesn't
inform on the business itself may squeal on its owner or a disliked
manager.<BR><BR>But a neighbor who objects to your loud stereo at midnight
or becomes jealous of your new car each year may just as quickly turn
informer. The emotional whirlpool of divorce is another great breeding
ground for IRS informants, so be kind to your former spouse.<BR><BR>Anyone
who provides information that leads to the detection and punishment of any
violation of the tax laws may be eligible for a reward (except for federal
workers who get the information in pursuit of their duties). However,
don't think this is the path to riches. Since 1960, only about 8% of filed
claims have resulted in rewards.<BR><BR><SPAN class=heading3red>How to
claim a reward</SPAN><BR><A
onclick="window.open('http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p733.pdf','new_window','width=783, height=533, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');return false"
href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p733.pdf">IRS Publication 733</A>
details the regulations for claiming a reward. You must complete <A
onclick="window.open('http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f211.pdf','new_window','width=783, height=533, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');return false"
href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f211.pdf">IRS Form 211</A>. Your
information can be delivered personally to any IRS office, or you can
write to:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Head of the Criminal Investigation Division<BR>Internal
Revenue Service<BR>Washington, DC 20224</BLOCKQUOTE>If a recovery is made
as a direct result of information you provided, you may qualify for a
reward of 15% of the amount recovered including taxes, fines and
penalties, but not interest -- with a maximum payment of $2
million.<BR><BR>If your information was valuable, although not specific,
in determining liability, you may be rewarded with as much as 10% of the
amount recovered, again with a $2 million cap.<BR><BR>If your information
was the originating cause of the investigation, but had no direct
relationship to the determination of tax liability, the reward is 1% of
the amount recovered, again with that $2 million limit.<BR><BR><SPAN
class=heading3red>Using an assumed name</SPAN><BR>If you're not claiming a
reward for the information, you can use an assumed name. But if you want
to claim a reward, you <SPAN class=NormalItalic>must</SPAN> use your own
name. The IRS is legally prohibited from disclosing the identity of an
informer to unauthorized persons.<BR><BR>In 2003, the IRS paid out $4
million to informants who helped the IRS pursue 190 cases, which together
recouped more than $61 million in taxes owed, USA Today reported. IRS
statistics show that the agency has paid an average of 2.74% of recovered
taxes as rewards to informants since 1967.<BR><BR>No matter what you tell
the IRS, and no matter how much they collect, <I>all</I> rewards are
discretionary, not mandatory. The IRS is never obligated to pay a reward,
unless you negotiate a signed contract in advance of providing the
information. Moreover, all rewards are taxable income.<BR><BR>Reasons why
a reward might not be paid include:<BR>
<UL>
<LI>The information was of no value, or<BR>
<LI>The information was already known by the IRS, or<BR>
<LI>The information was available in public records.</LI></UL>Rewards are
paid only after the tax is recovered, and that can take as long as five
years or more. The informant isn't kept posted as to the progress of the
investigation, but can check to see if the claim for a reward is still
under active IRS consideration.<BR><BR>The idea of informing on neighbors,
colleagues or business associates is distasteful to most people; it's
Orwellian. Yet, it's the honest taxpayer who winds up paying for tax
fraud, and it's not just nickels and dimes. The IRS estimates that the gap
between taxes owed and taxes paid is $127 billion. That's $1,000 extra in
taxes for every individual return filed last year.<BR><BR>And by the way,
I <I>always</I> pay "Dave."</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=joanopyr@moscow.com href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 16, 2006 9:00 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Boarding House information</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Apr 15, 2006, at 7:52 AM, <A
href="mailto:DonaldH675@aol.com">DonaldH675@aol.com</A> wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Just to put some speculation to rest about where I found some
of the info about the boarding houses, try looking at the addresses of the NSA
students in the petition in favor of NSA being downtown presented to the city
council by Mr. Bob Heironymous.<BR> <BR>I find it illuminating that in
all of the posts about my stealthy searches and peering in windows that not
one of the posters had the fortitude to ask me where I found the information
nor to deny the accuracy of my complaint. All of the posts are typical of the
posters mentality when their ox is gored--personal attack, character
assassination, or pure drivel about religious persecution.<BR> <BR>Don
Huskey<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Let's see, that's 17 oxes gored at an average cost of
$1875 per month, assuming 5 boarders per household, and assuming that the City
enforces the zoning code as written. Again, I will remind those raising the hue
and cry (and phony baloney) of religious persecution that there is a simple,
legal solution to this problem: spread the wealth. Why are there only 17
boarding houses for NSA students? There are more than 200 families in Christ
Church and I don't know how many attending Trinity Reformed. 140 students might
legally be spread, one student per household, among the many, rather than the
few. Unless, of course, we're talking about the chosen few, and boarders are
doled out as financial prizes. Is that the case? <BR><BR>If anyone has purchased
a house based on the expectation of a large and continued source of illegal
income, that is not the concern of City officials. I'd love to own the McConnell
Mansion, but I wouldn't make an offer based on plans for turning it into a meth
lab or a bordello. Fun though that might be . . . <BR><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie
Establishment<BR>www.joanopyr.com<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<TD>The Basics</TD></TR>
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<TD><SPAN class=heading1black>IRS pays informants to squeal on tax
cheats</SPAN><BR></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=left>
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<TD vAlign=top align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><FONT
face=Arial,Helvetica color=#993300 size=2>While it may seem Orwellian,
thousands of people each year take advantage of the IRS program. Here's
how it works.</FONT><BR><BR> <SPAN class=smallprompt>By <A
href="http://moneycentral.msn.com/Content/contributors.asp#Schnepper">Jeff
Schnepper</A></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=normalloose>"He's dead meat if he
doesn't pay me. I won't sue him . . . I'll destroy him with one phone
call!"<BR><BR>Don't make Dave Cohen angry.<BR><BR>Dave is a New Jersey tax
attorney. His clients pay their bills, they suffer the hell of an IRS
civil and criminal investigation. What Dave does is clearly unethical
(that's why we can't use his real name), but he can't be caught. Dave is a
snitch for the IRS.<BR><BR>Dave had a client who was a restaurant owner.
He gave Dave a $1,000 cash deposit, but refused to pay the balance of his
bill. The restaurant owner was pocketing lots of cash income that never
made it to his tax return -- a clear civil and criminal violation. As an
attorney, Dave couldn't publicly violate attorney-client privilege, so he
had a friend call the IRS with enough information to start an
investigation.
<TABLE borderColor=#336633 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=146
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<TR>
<TD vAlign=top align=middle width=146><SPAN
class=smallprompt>Looking for a loan?<BR>Check out MSN
Money's</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=smallprompt><A
href="http://moneycentral.msn.com/loan/start.asp"><SPAN
class=heading4black><B>Loan
Center</B></SPAN></A><B><BR></B></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><SPAN
class=heading3red>Swarms of agents descend</SPAN><BR>Tips are important to
the IRS. Annually, it collects more than $100 million and pays out from $2
million to $5 million to snitches. If you've ever heard the horror stories
about the invasiveness of a normal IRS audit, they pale in comparison to a
criminal investigation.<BR><BR>In the case of our not-so-innocent
restaurant owner, swarms of agents descended upon and paralyzed his
business. For the next nine months, the owner endured the torture of
Treasury agents peeling away every layer of his financial life, resulting
in multiple thousands of dollars in taxes, fines, penalties and
interest.<BR><BR>He avoided jail only by hiring another attorney to
negotiate a settlement with the IRS. The non-paying owner ended up
spending more money on legal fees than on the tax he should have paid
originally.<BR><BR>Dave's friend even received a substantial reward for
the information. And, of course, Dave's legal bill was finally
paid.<BR><BR><SPAN class=heading3red>Motive isn't profit; it's
revenge</SPAN><BR>While the Internal Revenue Service doesn't publicly
encourage tax informers, its representatives admit that many
investigations couldn't be successfully conducted, or even started,
without the use of paid informants or the direct purchase of
evidence.<BR><BR>Most informants are former employees of a business that
has been underreporting its income. A disgruntled employee who doesn't
inform on the business itself may squeal on its owner or a disliked
manager.<BR><BR>But a neighbor who objects to your loud stereo at midnight
or becomes jealous of your new car each year may just as quickly turn
informer. The emotional whirlpool of divorce is another great breeding
ground for IRS informants, so be kind to your former spouse.<BR><BR>Anyone
who provides information that leads to the detection and punishment of any
violation of the tax laws may be eligible for a reward (except for federal
workers who get the information in pursuit of their duties). However,
don't think this is the path to riches. Since 1960, only about 8% of filed
claims have resulted in rewards.<BR><BR><SPAN class=heading3red>How to
claim a reward</SPAN><BR><A
onclick="window.open('http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p733.pdf','new_window','width=783, height=533, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');return false"
href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p733.pdf">IRS Publication 733</A>
details the regulations for claiming a reward. You must complete <A
onclick="window.open('http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f211.pdf','new_window','width=783, height=533, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');return false"
href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f211.pdf">IRS Form 211</A>. Your
information can be delivered personally to any IRS office, or you can
write to:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Head of the Criminal Investigation Division<BR>Internal
Revenue Service<BR>Washington, DC 20224</BLOCKQUOTE>If a recovery is made
as a direct result of information you provided, you may qualify for a
reward of 15% of the amount recovered including taxes, fines and
penalties, but not interest -- with a maximum payment of $2
million.<BR><BR>If your information was valuable, although not specific,
in determining liability, you may be rewarded with as much as 10% of the
amount recovered, again with a $2 million cap.<BR><BR>If your information
was the originating cause of the investigation, but had no direct
relationship to the determination of tax liability, the reward is 1% of
the amount recovered, again with that $2 million limit.<BR><BR><SPAN
class=heading3red>Using an assumed name</SPAN><BR>If you're not claiming a
reward for the information, you can use an assumed name. But if you want
to claim a reward, you <SPAN class=NormalItalic>must</SPAN> use your own
name. The IRS is legally prohibited from disclosing the identity of an
informer to unauthorized persons.<BR><BR>In 2003, the IRS paid out $4
million to informants who helped the IRS pursue 190 cases, which together
recouped more than $61 million in taxes owed, USA Today reported. IRS
statistics show that the agency has paid an average of 2.74% of recovered
taxes as rewards to informants since 1967.<BR><BR>No matter what you tell
the IRS, and no matter how much they collect, <I>all</I> rewards are
discretionary, not mandatory. The IRS is never obligated to pay a reward,
unless you negotiate a signed contract in advance of providing the
information. Moreover, all rewards are taxable income.<BR><BR>Reasons why
a reward might not be paid include:<BR>
<UL>
<LI>The information was of no value, or<BR>
<LI>The information was already known by the IRS, or<BR>
<LI>The information was available in public records.</LI></UL>Rewards are
paid only after the tax is recovered, and that can take as long as five
years or more. The informant isn't kept posted as to the progress of the
investigation, but can check to see if the claim for a reward is still
under active IRS consideration.<BR><BR>The idea of informing on neighbors,
colleagues or business associates is distasteful to most people; it's
Orwellian. Yet, it's the honest taxpayer who winds up paying for tax
fraud, and it's not just nickels and dimes. The IRS estimates that the gap
between taxes owed and taxes paid is $127 billion. That's $1,000 extra in
taxes for every individual return filed last year.<BR><BR>And by the way,
I <I>always</I> pay "Dave."</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=joanopyr@moscow.com href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 16, 2006 9:00 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Boarding House information</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Apr 15, 2006, at 7:52 AM, <A
href="mailto:DonaldH675@aol.com">DonaldH675@aol.com</A> wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Just to put some speculation to rest about where I found some
of the info about the boarding houses, try looking at the addresses of the NSA
students in the petition in favor of NSA being downtown presented to the city
council by Mr. Bob Heironymous.<BR> <BR>I find it illuminating that in
all of the posts about my stealthy searches and peering in windows that not
one of the posters had the fortitude to ask me where I found the information
nor to deny the accuracy of my complaint. All of the posts are typical of the
posters mentality when their ox is gored--personal attack, character
assassination, or pure drivel about religious persecution.<BR> <BR>Don
Huskey<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Let's see, that's 17 oxes gored at an average cost of
$1875 per month, assuming 5 boarders per household, and assuming that the City
enforces the zoning code as written. Again, I will remind those raising the hue
and cry (and phony baloney) of religious persecution that there is a simple,
legal solution to this problem: spread the wealth. Why are there only 17
boarding houses for NSA students? There are more than 200 families in Christ
Church and I don't know how many attending Trinity Reformed. 140 students might
legally be spread, one student per household, among the many, rather than the
few. Unless, of course, we're talking about the chosen few, and boarders are
doled out as financial prizes. Is that the case? <BR><BR>If anyone has purchased
a house based on the expectation of a large and continued source of illegal
income, that is not the concern of City officials. I'd love to own the McConnell
Mansion, but I wouldn't make an offer based on plans for turning it into a meth
lab or a bordello. Fun though that might be . . . <BR><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie
Establishment<BR>www.joanopyr.com<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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