Garret, So that's how our government works, as you say, pretty cool. Now, I would quickly become confused in any discussion regarding income tax and math in general, so take it easy on me. But, how can you deduct money you didn't make? I you didn't make it, you didn't claim it, and you didn't pay taxes on it. I mean, you could take the whole year off and make nothing, you'd pay nothing. It's like donating a tuning to a non-profit. You could charge them the $150, then donate it back, then deduct it, or, just give them the tuning and forget the paper work, nothing to deduct if you never made it in the first place. Anyway, not to take away from a fellow piano tech in the halls of justice. You have my vote. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: Garret Traylor To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 5:01 AM Subject: [pianotech] Off Topic: Call me Bill Hey this is pretty cool ... For the year 2009 I will serve as Foreman for our Federal Grand Jury (middle district for North Carolina); usually two to three days each month for the year. Very quickly I realized that the compensation we receive as jurors along with the financial burden of 24 days or more out of work might somehow be compensated with some sort of tax relief. So, I contacted our State Senator Jerry Tillman and my suggestion has become Senate Bill 95 and House Bill 132. Senator Tillman said that I would get credit for the idea and that it should pass easily. See the brief details at: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H+132 Kindest Regards, Garret --- Garret Traylor - President High Point Piano & Music Inc. 88-PIANO (336) 887-4266 P Go Green! Print this email only when necessary. Thank you for helping High Point Music be environmentally responsible. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090222/7790cb8d/attachment.html>
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