[pianotech] Tax Question maybe OT

Sun May 30 06:53:54 MDT 2010

Re: [pianotech] Tax Question maybe OTWhy Paul? Because I'm angry! 

I'm angry that we "the middle class" are carrying the tax burden in this country. The not really poor have figured out how to get Government assistance. The lawyer of the "to big to fail" companies have figured if they move their money over seas they can bypass paying taxes. On top of that, they have also figured out how to get Government assistance. So who's left paying taxes to support this great County? .........WE ARE!

If I let my conscience (integrity and ethics) be my guide I would have stopped paying my taxes many years ago. I pay my taxes because I've worked to hard for what I have and I don't want the Government taking it away from me. The middle class are the only people in this Country that have something to loose. So we protect it by "doing the right thing".

I can't listen to my conscience because it keeps calling me an idiot!

Al - 
High Point, NC

  From: Paul Milesi, RPT 
  Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 2:12 AM
  To: PTG Pianotech List 
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tax Question maybe OT

  Al,

  I didn't preach.  I simply replied to Matthew's question and rather smart reply to Wim about spy cams, hoping to nudge him to do what he ultimately knows to be the right thing.  I implicated no one.  Why you have chosen to go OT, offer social commentary, become defensive and assure us you pay your share of taxes, and accuse me of preaching is rather a mystery to me.

  Paul Milesi, RPT
  Washington, DC
  (202) 667-3136
  E-mail:  paul at pmpiano.com
  Website:  http://www.pmpiano.com

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  From: Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com>
  Reply-To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
  Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 14:53:05 -0400
  To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tax Question maybe OT

  Paul Milesi, RPT, J.D. (Juris Doctorem) wrote:
  "it really comes down to our own integrity and ethics when deciding what's honest and truthful.  As you probably know, some citizen filers, accountants and tax lawyers will "stretch" certain parameters a little more than others"

  I understand. Like the AGI, Haliburton and Goldman Sachs lawyers do. Oh yes, we can't do any of that.

  After we pay all the taxes we owe (and I do pay every penny that should be paid), I think I'll set up a fund and contribute to help the big financials pay theirs. That sounds like the right thing to do.

  I know from all the technicians I talk to, that we are among the most honest group of Americans who do pay their taxes. I think you're preaching to the choir here Paul.

  Al - 
  High Point, NC

    From: Paul Milesi, RPT <mailto:paul at pmpiano.com>  

    Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 12:08 PM

    To: PTG Pianotech List <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>  

    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tax Question

    Matthew,

    The IRS may not have spy cams, but our  tax laws do require that we file honest and truthful tax returns.   Otherwise, you may be accused of fraud.  To encourage compliance,  the IRS performs various kinds of audits, which sometimes means calling us in  to their offices and asking us to justify or prove the deductions we claim on  a return.  Be prepared to do that to their satisfaction, or have your  deduction denied.

    Lots of times, it really comes down to our own  integrity and ethics when deciding what's honest and truthful.  As you  probably know, some citizen filers, accountants and tax lawyers will "stretch"  certain parameters a little more than others.  Determine your own  tolerance for risk.  :)

    BTW, I have a law degree from Georgetown,  am an inactive member of the Pennsylvania Bar, and have never practiced law.   The above is not intended as legal advice or counsel!

    Paul  Milesi, RPT, J.D. (Juris Doctorem)
    Washington, DC
    (202)  667-3136
    E-mail:  paul at pmpiano.com
    Website:  http://www.pmpiano.com

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    From: Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at att.net>
    Reply-To:  <pianotech at ptg.org>
    Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 06:37:27 -0700  (PDT)
    To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
    Subject: Re:  [pianotech] Tax Question

    Wim,

    You make it sound like the  IRS has spy cams installed in our homes watching our every  move!

    TODD PIANO  WORKS  
    Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
    (979) 248-9578
    http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/>  

    --- On Fri,  5/28/10, tnrwim at aol.com <tnrwim at aol.com>  wrote:

      From: tnrwim at aol.com  <tnrwim at aol.com>
      Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tax Question
      To:  pianotech at ptg.org
      Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 6:16  PM

        By watching  instructional DVD's :-)

      If the only thing you use the  TV for is to watch those tapes, then, yes, the TV can be taken off as a  "tool". But if you use it to watch a ball game, or your favorite soap, then  you can only deduct that percentage of time you watch the DVD. Kind of like  your car. I figure that 80% of my time I drive my car is for business  purposes. The other 20% is for personal use. 

      Wim  

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Matthew Todd  <toddpianoworks at att.net>
      To: pianotech  <pianotech at ptg.org>
      Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 2:57 am
      Subject: Re:  [pianotech] Tax Question

      By watching instructional DVD's  :-)

      TODD PIANO  WORKS  
      Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
      (979) 248-9578
      http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/>  

      --- On  Fri, 5/28/10, Wim Blees <tnrwim at aol.com <http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tnrwim@aol.com>  > wrote:

        From: Wim  Blees <tnrwim at aol.com <http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tnrwim@aol.com>  >
        Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tax Question
        To: pianotech at ptg.org <http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pianotech@ptg.org>  
        Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 1:18 AM

        How are you  using a tv in your field?

        Wim

        Sent from my HTC PURET, a  Windows® phone from AT&T

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        From: Matthew Todd  <toddpianoworks at att.net <http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=toddpianoworks@att.net>  >
        Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:33 PM
        To: pianotech at ptg.org <http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pianotech@ptg.org>  
        Subject: [pianotech] Tax Question

        Are we able to deduct TV purchases?  As  long, of course, I use it solely for purposes related to our  field?

        TODD PIANO  WORKS
        Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
        (979) 248-9578
        http://www.toddpianoworks.com <http://www.toddpianoworks.com/>  

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