I agree. He's out there with the guy who asked me "if I pay in cash can we forget the sales tax"? As we're learning with the current economic situation, people who game the system are stealing from all of us. johndelmore at suddenlink.net wrote: > I wouldn't touch them with a thirty-nine-and-a-half-foot pole... > > J > ---- David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> I have a customer who emailed me the following: >> >> "Thanks for your reply. Because of how taxes work, if we could get a written appraisal on the piano of $20,000.00-$25,000.00 we could sell the piano for less and then "write off" the remainder. For example, if the appraisal was $20,000.00 we would sell the piano for about $15,000.00 and if the appraisal was higher we would sell it for even less. " >> >> Does that sound right? I don't see how they can write off a personal sale...???? >> >> >> >> David Ilvedson, RPT >> >> Pacifica, CA 94044 >> > > > >
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