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Politicub

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25. An accounting firm makes and error and corrects it. News at 11.
Tue Apr 16, 2019, 09:12 PM
Apr 2019

Not sure what the point of WSJ's article is. Maybe to cast asparagus?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Oh boy. Repigs will have a field day with that. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2019 #1
They can have a field day after murielm99 Apr 2019 #2
Pretty solid if this is what they have to come after him with. NT WeekiWater Apr 2019 #4
Oops. jalan48 Apr 2019 #3
The tax system is stupid. The government knows what you owe. Tiggeroshii Apr 2019 #5
That would only apply without itemization or adjustments bigbrother05 Apr 2019 #7
Still something you can do a lot easier if you didn't have to calculate everything else. Tiggeroshii Apr 2019 #13
Huh? oldsoftie Apr 2019 #10
here Tiggeroshii Apr 2019 #11
He's way wrong on this one. Most of my income isnt be reported to the govt. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #16
The propublica report is far more detailed. Tiggeroshii Apr 2019 #18
Thats just it, the banks dont know whats income & whats not. They just report interest. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #21
I think you might be in a very unique situation. In the cases where the government already has the Tiggeroshii Apr 2019 #24
Exactly. And there are a TON of people just like me. Which is why i support a sales tax. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #30
How is the g'ment supposed to know what we paid Ruby the Liberal Apr 2019 #19
Yes. I agree. Politicub Apr 2019 #26
Sounds like the accounting firm made the mistake. It happens. Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #6
This is very common, our tax system is horrendously complicated yaesu Apr 2019 #8
You are correct. Too many stipulations written for cronies. Get rid of it & get a consumption tax. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #12
A consumption tax is considered to be regressive. TexasTowelie Apr 2019 #17
Which is why i covered that in the second sentence. Either we want to raise money or not. oldsoftie Apr 2019 #22
Beto rocks! nt BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #9
So did I. Paying for that now. Caliman73 Apr 2019 #14
I wonder who paid the accounting firm to look for a problem in the returns Indygram Apr 2019 #15
While silly articles like this try to attack Beto he's campaigning his but off...in Charlottesville Indygram Apr 2019 #20
+1 dalton99a Apr 2019 #31
Not their fault. nt ecstatic Apr 2019 #23
An accounting firm makes and error and corrects it. News at 11. Politicub Apr 2019 #25
Meanwhile Beto is busy doing this.... Indygram Apr 2019 #27
With Hollandaise, it's the WSJ, after all. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2019 #29
Having just gotten returns from my accountant on Saturday... VarryOn Apr 2019 #28
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