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To: Gauguin who wrote (21900)	4/15/1999 5:48:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Usually we ship everything off to Skip, my CPA brother, but this year Dan decided a few days ago when we noticed the date, that he would do it rather than impose. It's been a hard year for them, losing their son last fall, and he doesn't need our tax returns on top of his usual load--especially three days before. I keep fairly good records, but by 11 last night, Dan was in a terrible mood. He finally said "Give me the checkbook," and wrote a big check to the IRS and filed for an extension. He said he just wasn't sure on which lines everything went, and he was worried that if he rushed and screwed up, he'd end up audited. This is the president of a big company; he has a law degree and he was baffled by the forms??? I watch him and listen to Coby and all you smart people and wonder how do normal little people ever figure it out? Something is terribly wrong. Also CW had to do his and he OWES 1300!!!!! He's 18 for God's sake! And he has saved every cent for college. I felt so bad for him. And also angry, because I could see he already feels betrayed and robbed- with those "what good does it do to work so hard then, if they just take it all" feelings.

To: Gauguin who wrote (21900)	4/15/1999 10:52:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

The IRS doesn't write the Tax Code. Congress does. Which actually means lawyers who are employees of Congress. If you watched any of the Clinton impeachment, you saw that Congressmen are handed big stacks of stuff by assistants, and never in a million years could they read everything they vote for. Every time Congress "simplifies" the Tax Code, lawyers and accountants cheer, because it means more work and more money. I can envision, hypothetically, a genuine simplification, but in reality I think we'd have to have thermonuclear war and start all over again. A bit drastic, although some might consider it worth it.