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| THREAD: | Tax Information | |
| SUBJECT: | Taxes | |
| TO: | mnj1233 | |
| FROM: | ATC_HD | |
| POSTED: | 2/20/2008, 10:02AM EDT | |
It is not the place you live but the duty station you work at. I have spoken with the IRS on more than one occassion and on more than one day to different agents. The answer has been very consistent, Its not a loophole....its tax fraud. Designed and intended for those on a TDY and traveling away from their respective duty station. Gcheeze is on the money when saying ....just because people do it and get away with it does NOT make it legal. In fact there is a worksheet you have to answer to see if you qualify and one cannot get past question #2 or #3 unless you lieto yourself and ignore the intent. Ignorance is not justification. Against the law, illegal, tax fraud and just plain wrong to take this bogus deduction.ATC_HD wrote: [TO: mnj1233]
After a bit of research I found something pretty funny regarding this tax issue. In 1998 a CPA named Martin Kapp wrote an article titled "Tax Advice For Controllers" and had it published The Air Traffic Controller . He advised controllers and a few other professions that the deduction for meals was legal. Someone in 2002 sent the article to the IRS asking for clarification and heres the response the IRS gave: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/02-0020.pdf . I don't really understand what the IRS' position is from this .pdf so I tried looking for Mr. Kapp and his article on the internet. Lo and behold at the top of http://www.mkappcpa.com/ is a quote:
"A federal Court found that Martin Kapp incorrectly advised his clients to take an illegal tax deduction. This illegal deduction related to Mr. Kapp's position that mariners could claim a deduction for meals that were provided to them without cost. The link below sets forth the terms of the injunction that prevents Mr. Kapp from promoting this illegal deduction in the future." 
Heres the judgement against him: http://www.mkappcpa.com/DOJJudgemetn.htm
Just thought it was all a bit funny...
hd
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