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Nope, the book you have to buy, and the visit to dietologist is covered by insurance :P * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

"You should exercise and eat right" is as much "diet advice" as "you should stop on red light" is legal advice. Nobody needs any Bill Phillips to tell them they need to exercise and eat right, everyone knows that already. The advice is details - how much exercise? What to eat, how much, when, and how often? This is the kind of advice I'd expect from a professional. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

You do take an account that we're not talking of a few joints here, we're talking about NINE POUNDS of heroine? Why? The case seems to be simple enough, and explaining to the judge (no jury) that you should be forgiven because you were a minority and a victim of child abuse wouldn't likely work in China. So 30 minutes sound like plenty of time. Well, this is the difference between a ban enforced and a "ban" which is not enforced. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

My understanding of what Kallend said is "lack of tax credit = tax". So child tax credit may also be fairly presented as "non-children tax". So "tax = -credit". * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

How exactly a DZ could be liable for penalties if a worker is independent contractor (unless IRS assumes the worker is actually employee, but in this case the penalty would not be related to worker tax liability)? How exactly a DZ could be liable for penalties if a worker is an employee, and the DZ properly withholds taxes from his salary? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

What about Child Tax Credit? How would it fit into your new dictionary? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Yes, I missed it, but what is your point? Even in the case of employees the business is not responsible for their taxes, only to withhold and properly pay the amount required by law from the monies paid by the business as salary. If, despite proper withholding, at the end of the year an employee still owes taxes (a typical case here in Silicon Valley when both spouses work), it is the employee's liability, and the business is not liable to pay tax for them. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

A business owner, like everyone else, is liable for THEIR taxes. What you were offering a post ago was making a business owner liable for the taxes paid by the OTHERS, who they paid to, or (like in case of packers) who they didn't even pay. Just to make it clear, is that what you are offering as a realistic solution? And why you conveniently excluded yourself out of picture, as the plumber or pizza delivery guy serving you may also cheat on taxes, so using the same logic you should be liable for their taxes? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Sure, they technically can, so the reason I'm asking is that all I've seen so far was a pencil mark on a boarding pass. I'm getting screened every second time when I fly outside US, but never on a way back. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So what is you writing, my opinion? SC opinion? Truth in the last instance? No, a guy I was referring to was young and apparently thought he wouldn't need insurance. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Are you sure? I flew this route three times this year (same flight), and eight times total from Amsterdam to U.S. since last Summer. While they did not pat down everyone boarding the flight (I was never patted down in AMS), the passport/visa check was always very thorough, especially for those with non-US passport. Most times I fly to Europe without luggage (only carry-on). Never had any questions about it so far from security, nor I needed to explain anything. Same for a few people I talked to on a plane - makes it easier to skip parts of a route, or change schedule if the flight is delayed. Makes it also much faster to go through Customs. I wonder if aviation security sees this, as they only see one boarding pass. Does one way/roundtrip show somehow there? All I typically get is a pass for this single flight, so they do not even know what my final destination is. Had it once this Summer too - getting two one-way tickets was somehow cheaper than a roundtrip. Again, no questions about it. Syringes are allowed if you have a prescription from a doctor for a medication requiring injection (like diabetes). This one they missed, agree. in AMS or in US? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Probably some of you guys need a disclaimer at the top of each post, which would state something like "unless claimed otherwise, everything written by me in this post is my opinion". Why is it so hard to get? (and with reference to gun thread - people tend to vote according to their opinions - not your or Ron's - so it indeed matters in such cases) Did you? That part required meeting all following criteria, and the first of them was "had coverage for at least 18 months". * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

So far his proposal is that DZ should be fined for the packer who did not pay taxes. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Indeed - this is because those who claim differently didn't provide any references to support their claim. Expecting me to spend two hours researching something you spent five seconds to write is kinda naive. You should have asked about the examples I mentioned (or try to find them yourself). The guy did not have prior coverage, so he was not changing from group health coverage. And being a contractor he's unlikely to have group plan. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

No, this is a lie. To be specific: 1. You suggested that a solution for the problem you described (a packer working on a DZ for cash and getting free services) is spot checks. 2. I asked how exactly spot check would prevent this kind of problem; i.e. an IRS agent visits a DZ and sees a packer working for cash, what should happen next? 3. You replied: "Fines and penalties to the DZ for allowing it." 4. I asked why would they be fined for allowing a packer working for cash? Since when it is illegal to work for cash? 5. You said "It is not illegal to receive cash compensation - it's illegal to not report it.", and provided a reference to whistleblower and self-employment laws. 6. Neither of your statement explained any of your previous statements, i.e. why the DZ should be fined for allowing a packer working for cash, so I asked for further explanation. I also asked how many did you turn in, just to see if you're a "do what I say, not what I do" kind of person we see so often here. 7. You provided a misguided explanation that " there is a 200K minimum on individuals for whistle blowing". You either didn't see or hoped I wouldn't see that this limit applies to reward only - i.e. generally no reward for turning in someone with less than 200K - and does not mean IRS would not investigate anyone with less than 200K AGI (which would be extremely ridiculous statement from an IRS). Your "do the right thing" comment might also be read as you wouldn't turn in anyone with less than 200K as there is no reward for that :) 8. You also provided a reference to self-employment tax, apparently having little knowledge how it works. 9. Once I pointed out that 200K limit only applies to reward, you skipped everything said on that matter and only said "I'm deflecting", which probably means you have nothing to say on that matter. So WHO is deflecting? You do understand that this is NOT how the tax law works now, so what is the rationale for such a change? Why should a business be liable for someone else who is not paying taxes? Should you also be liable when you call a plumber to fix a leak in your house if a plumber cheats on taxes? Or this is yet another "everyone but me should do it" thing? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

If you claim to provide a reference, do it. I'm not going to search Internet to find something and guess whether it is what you talked about, or something different. Oh, so you're talking only about group health plans? You should have been more specific then. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Does it mean that you obviously see the difference between what I asked (when it was illegal to receive cash compensation) and what you showed (there are penalties and compensation for helping to abide by the law)? Are you going to address it somehow? It says that 200k is minimum for getting a reward, not for IRS taking care of the case. So you would only consider turning in someone when you can get a reward for it? So much for "the right thing". You forgot to explain how is it relevant here. You do know that it is individual responsibility to pay this tax, don't you? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Same as now, someone who works for cash and claim to be poor, can obtain state-sponsored health insurance, and get 10k service as well. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

This is not reference. Exact article, please. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

You need to be more specific than just posting a bunch of links to IRS web site. How this is "whistleblower" link relevant with the things you suggested, which were "fines and penalties to the DZ for allowing "? And how many packers did you personally whistleblowed to IRS - or you suggest that it's others who should "do the right thing", and not you? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Not me. I'm just following Turtle's hypothetic situation. * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

You must be kidding, right? Since when is it illegal to receive compensation for services rendered in cash? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Well, to make sure the issue is not life threatening, they would have to admit him into ER and have a doctor checking him, maybe even do an x-ray or even ultrasound. Even if he is released right away, most of the ER costs are already spent. I wonder if you been to ER waiting room, how many people there do you think had any life-threatening condition? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

Reference, please. Are you talking about federal laws, or laws of some specific state? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *

What for? An IRS inspector does a spot check on a dropzone, finds a bunch of packers (none of whose is illegal Mexican) working for cash. What's next? * Don't pray for me if you wanna help - just send me a check. *