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Houston Tax Prep Shop Duped Homeless People into Taking Free Cash
- Caleb Newquist
- May 5, 2010
If somebody is handing out free money, why would you ask questions?
Some favorite moments:
Homeless dude: “Here’s a stack of cash. It’s yours.”
Homeless dude: “Boom, it sounds good, so you’re going to jump on it.”
Tax worker: “Your return is $1,266.”
Homeless person: “How can that be?”
Tax worker: “Um, uh, for housekeeping.”
Homeless person: “This isn’t going to get me in trouble or anything?”
Tax worker: “Nuh uh (no), because it was cash, you know, you could have done housekeeping at your friends, family.”
Reporter: “You had no idea this was going on?
Dubious businessman: “No sir.”
Reporter: “And you expect us to believe that?”
Dubious businessman: “Yes.”
Reporter: “And you expect our viewers to believe that?
Dubious businessman: “Yes.”
Houston tax office filing bogus returns for homeless people to make big bucks [KHOU.com]
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- GoingConcern
- April 21, 2022
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The IRS Isn’t Resting on the Sabbath
- Caleb Newquist
- March 25, 2010
If you refuse to use the White House’s tax savings tool purely out of spite then you’ll be happy to know that 180 IRS locations across this great land will be open this Saturday to help you out with things like the Homebuyer tax credit, the American Opportunity Credit, the Making Work Pay credit, and the Expanded Earned Income Credit.
Now we realize that the mere thought of setting foot inside an IRS location will cause many you to break out in boils, the other option is to go to a VITA location and get assistance from one of the many college students out there that are giving amateur advice so that they have one more activity on their resumé. They’re available throughout tax season. They are volunteers, after all.
The Service is trying to make this sound way more fun than it actually is by calling them “open houses”:
“We are holding these special open houses to give taxpayers who are struggling in these difficult economic times more opportunity to work directly with IRS employees to resolve their tax issues,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “We will host more than 180 open houses this Saturday.”
Whether Dougie will be on hand at one of the many locations to shed out his wisdom (or maybe get some advice) hasn’t been made clear.
More than 180 Local IRS Offices Open this Saturday to Help Taxpayers [IRS.gov]