mothman83
mothman83 t1_j6g7qj6 wrote
Reply to comment by xCreamPye69 in ELI5: Why does the IRS want your illegal income declared on tax returns? by xCreamPye69
No they are actually are banned from doing this based only on your declaration. Outright ( see note below)
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HOWEVER as you can imagine the amount of big time crooks reporting their illegal income is ummm infinitesimally small, so most of the time this does help catch crooks.
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NOTE: If you get audited, you do have to account for the source of all your income . If at that time the IRS sees evidence of a financial crime ( ie MONEY LAUNDERING) which... THEY WILL if you are a big time criminal operator... then they can thro you in jail for that as well.
mothman83 t1_j29ufbi wrote
Reply to comment by yoaver in Which "based on a true story" films butchered the true story the worst? by yoaver
in this particular case i would have assumed it was pretty obvious that it was because they liked the idea of an elite all women special forces.
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Which was a real thing. But again, they were not good.
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I mean we all liked the fictionalized version of the idea in Black Panther so why not work with the real version... oh cause they enslaved their neighbors and sold them off to the triangle trade? yeah that would be a good reason not to...
mothman83 t1_iy0d6gq wrote
Reply to comment by GoodGoodGoody in Why do children with a higher bmi start puberty earlier? by -LoveMeMore
you are completely misunderstanding the point.
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Until 200 years ago, famine was a real issue even in wealthy nations. The body does not "understand" obesity. The body " goes" ( i mean no actual thought is involved obviously) " this is a time of plenty, better reproduce ASAP while the going is good".
mothman83 t1_j6g7ywm wrote
Reply to comment by xCreamPye69 in ELI5: Why does the IRS want your illegal income declared on tax returns? by xCreamPye69
have you ever seen a tax form? you dont have to LIST precisely what the source of each dollar is. you can just write consulting and there you go...
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... however if you get AUDITED ...... then you often DO have to declare the sources ....