 EGeezerGo CatsPremium
join:2002-08-04
Midwest
kudos:8 | reply to StuartMW
Re: IRS checking out your Facebook and twitter... Word has it that Bob doesn't get copies. The IRS gives them to their guy "Bill".
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Good luck with that. If you're not on my friend list, all you'll get is my name, profile pic, and who I'm friends with. |
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:7 | reply to carpetshark3
said by carpetshark3:Let'em. I don't post and only follow the Mars Rovers. There's way too many soccer teams already. |
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Say you took out a full page ad in the New York or Los Angeles Times revealing specific financial or IRS relevant personal data about yourself. Could the IRS use that information to profile and use against you if applicable? Yes.
What's the difference between that and if you put the same or similar info on Facebook with your setting set for public?
Nothing.
Get the picture? |
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Let'em. I don't post and only follow the Mars Rovers. I might be in trouble if they can link me to DSLReports. |
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 Phoenix22Death From AbovePremium
join:2001-12-11
SOG C&C Nrth
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said by StuartMW: quote:
You have less than two weeks to file your taxes and your Facebook or twitter accounts could end up getting you in big trouble with the IRS.
They're looking for tax cheaters. The IRS has been known to check car records, employment documents and other public records. Now, your social media page is on that list too.
» www.whptv.com/news/local/story/I···AmA.cspx whatz facebook and twitter??????????? ;=))
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 StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
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said by Snowy:The IRS has certainly given much more thought to this than I ever would have. Well you don't have the power to, legally, steal money from people. If you did you'd probably use every means to discover new and better ways of finding it 
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 SnowymIRC unix.ro UnderNetPremium
join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
kudos:6
·RoadRunner Cable
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said by Steve:..., and the IRS specifically prohibits agents from friending a taxpayer in order to gather more information.
The IRS has certainly given much more thought to this than I ever would have. |
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said by La Luna:What would FB/twitter tell them anyway? I doubt anyone is going to post "Hey, I cheated on my taxes, whoo hoo!!!".
What they're looking for is people that claim to have very little income, yet they post pictures of their new cars, boats, expensive vacations, etc. or any other hint that someone is living far beyond their (reported) means. |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
kudos:2 Reviews:
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said by La Luna:I doubt anyone is going to post "Hey, I cheated on my taxes, whoo hoo!!!". Probably not, but they may post (make public) "I won $100,000" or "My long lost uncle left me a pot of gold". If you do such the IRS can demand it's "cut".
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 SteveI know your IP addressConsultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
kudos:5 | reply to La Luna
said by La Luna:I doubt anyone is going to post "Hey, I cheated on my taxes, whoo hoo!!!". I think it's not so much looking for announcements of cheating, but obvious e-commerce activity (an ebay or amazon storefront maybe) for what amounts to a cash business that somehow neglected to be listed on a tax return. |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
kudos:2 Reviews:
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said by Steve:This is public information... Yup. If you tell everyone, everywhere, your personal info (via words, pictures or whatever) it is "public". Anyone can then use that data against you.
In short if you post or transmit images of some item (house, car, boat etc) and the IRS thinks that's beyond your income level they can come after you. After all you made it public knowledge.
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
kudos:3 | reply to StuartMW
What would FB/twitter tell them anyway? I doubt anyone is going to post "Hey, I cheated on my taxes, whoo hoo!!!". |
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SteveI know your IP addressConsultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
kudos:5 | reply to StuartMW
No big deal; this is the free market of privacy settings operating exactly as it should.
This is public information, and the IRS specifically prohibits agents from friending a taxpayer in order to gather more information. |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
kudos:2 Reviews:
·CenturyLink
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You have less than two weeks to file your taxes and your Facebook or twitter accounts could end up getting you in big trouble with the IRS.
They're looking for tax cheaters. The IRS has been known to check car records, employment documents and other public records. Now, your social media page is on that list too.
»www.whptv.com/news/local/story/I···AmA.cspx
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