Re: Why I Pay Too Much in Taxes
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Alan Horowitz wrote:
Wage earners - people who are the subjects of W-2 forms - are the class of individuals who can't benefit from offshore maneuvers.
Just go to your boss and tell him that you have an offer from a consulting company. You'd be happy to continue working for him until he finds a replacement (which could take decades) for 90% of your old pre-tax salary. You should get a big smile in return.
I believe the entry costs for a reliable offshore structure from a reliable vendor - ie, one who keeps up with court cases and the Code of Federal Regulations on a daily basis - is $50-100k. Ok for guys who own a Dart Inmdustries, but not the unwashed masses.
And I believe that you don't need that. Going to a major offshore vendor makes you vulnerable to traffic analysis (most of them can't spell Mixmaster). You can get a better setup for $2999 than you get if you spend $50k. Or do it yourself for $1k. Start by reading everything from Scope (www.britnet.co.uk/scope). The books you find there cover everything you need to know in perfect detail. Thanks to Philip Zimmermann and Lance Cottrell the balance of power between the state and the little guy has changed completely. It's good to see that both of them are going into mass market business. Perhaps they can get some of the billions of dollars they deserve. X -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMZWVpFtwWVJrMFYlAQFZ/wgAkqLlArXuoPS9PwM/Zd1fmEg5ttB7xeid Cmbt+R8Jt53NFITCy1DpbNOTzSdPW4wjSV4HKg6R5TvkcvbxFPA+PzBhzVsgGKdV GFdYNoIMlbAH5xw6A4+8zsPOeqRDo6WOMccteSctUd8sydCgr/5qw5TfU9aqq5Rq tawYii4tJ8Za+SiI8PZj6JtljeHplZduTVYmwtOcanFl4/Gi9Zpu/GKXYga+P4ob rswnh3NDRBHgNDUkn+79lztDGKYoTLhif+Ayem4aFoOjjiIM4QLg61teSw0zxTeH zJ2c623rI/2XaaqFmiXguHIKSNDLKq5obqJ0PhmnTI577Xz8TvzbrQ== =jC/p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sun, 12 May 1996, Mixmaster wrote:
Just go to your boss and tell him that you have an offer from a consulting company. You'd be happy to continue working for him until he finds a replacement (which could take decades) for 90% of your old pre-tax salary. You should get a big smile in return.
THe IRS is very aggressive about making sure that employment taxes are paid. If your boss has the right to tell you _how_ to do your work, he is your boss, not your consulting client. It doesn't matter, whether your boss choses to exercise his supervisory powers or not. If he has the _right_ to do so - you are an employee. This has been wrung out in the courts many times.
On Sun, 12 May 1996, Mixmaster wrote:
if you spend $50k. Or do it yourself for $1k. Start by reading everything from Scope (www.britnet.co.uk/scope). The books you find ^^^^^ there cover everything you need to know in perfect detail.
Woops. What dwindling credibility you had in my view is now gone. Poof and -PLOINK-. (I suggest cypherpunks so interested pursue other options).
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Black Unicorn: On Sun, 12 May 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:
everything from Scope (www.britnet.co.uk/scope). The books you find ^^^^^ (I suggest cypherpunks so interested pursue other options).
I figured Scope was one of those to be read if you come across them, but nothing earth shattering books. The catagory described as the radically wrong, but maybe they have a useful idea. xan jonathon grafolog@netcom.com xan jonathon grafolog@netcom.com ********************************************************************** * * * Opinions expressed don't necessarily reflect my own views. * * * * There is no way that they can be construed to represent * * any organization's views. * * * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gr/graphology/home.html * * * * OR * * * * http://members.tripod.com/~graphology/index.html * * * ***********************************************************************
Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li> writes:
> On Sun, 12 May 1996, Mixmaster wrote: >> if you spend $50k. Or do it yourself for $1k. Start by reading >> everything from Scope (www.britnet.co.uk/scope). The books you find > ^^^^^ >> there cover everything you need to know in perfect detail. > Woops. What dwindling credibility you had in my view is now gone. > Poof and -PLOINK-. > (I suggest cypherpunks so interested pursue other options). Any particular reason why this statement lost that person's credibility for you that you'd like to share with us? Have someone say, "Man, that site sucks!" is of very little use without knowing what the problem is so we can avoid it in the future. -Robin
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