tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519969502186924526.post4187099638774601824..comments2023-10-24T08:00:53.865-05:00Comments on Federal Tax Crimes: Taxes and Morality (7/15/13)Jack Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14469823736335455874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519969502186924526.post-38269510857058811052014-07-26T18:10:00.459-05:002014-07-26T18:10:00.459-05:00This could be valuable information for estimating ...This could be valuable information for estimating the general mindset of the jury in offshore cases. "Not Reporting All Income on Taxes" is presented as a qualifier rather than a quantifier. Big-time hustlers not getting the easy treatment in court cases is not a surprise (looking at the published reports), but I'm curious on the stats for small offenders. Has a minnow ever gone to court? It seems unlikely, since the court costs are likely to be higher than potential fines.Spaghestti Robotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519969502186924526.post-26181967237092878272013-07-15T15:48:29.128-05:002013-07-15T15:48:29.128-05:00Guest, I think you are right that these surveys ha...Guest, I think you are right that these surveys have to be discounted depending upon the behavior and attitudes inquired about. I would suspect that the actual incidence of not reporting all income (or claiming too much deductions) is higher than 15%. The difference would be the persons in the data set who know they are morally culpable in doing that. The base 15% do not think they are morally culpable. I suspect that the ones who think it morally wrong and do it anyway are a significant percentage. And, to further complicate, because they think it is morally wrong, they may have some internal justification mechanism that permit them to excuse their conduct from the morally wrong category.<br /><br /><br />Jack TownsendJack Townsendhttp://www.tjtaxlaw.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519969502186924526.post-8303777177606670302013-07-15T13:13:26.033-05:002013-07-15T13:13:26.033-05:00Jack, the situation with the chicken is even more ...Jack, the situation with the chicken is even more disgusting than the OVDI process!<br /><br /><br />I had a question about the methodology of the survey, and read that "Survey respondents were read a list of ten behaviors and asked." Whether face to face or on the phone, people would be reluctant to admit that they don't disapprove of certain things.<br /><br /><br />I would also suggest that people may disapprove of certain actions but do them and somehow try to justify them to themselves in all sorts of ways.Guestnoreply@blogger.com