http://www.taxabletalk.com/ Taxable Talk looks at taxes (and the politics behind taxes) from the view of a Southern California tax preparer. en-us 2008-11-17T03:11+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1226892875.shtml Two stories tonight, one from Tulsa and one from England; they both illustrate Bozo behavior (or should I spell that behaviour) and one adds some British understatement.... Russ 2008-11-17T03:11+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1226891106.shtml When we last looked at Walter Anderson he was being sentenced to nine years at ClubFed. We wrote, at that time, "But Mr. Anderson did get lucky in one respect.... Russ 2008-11-17T03:11+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1226275989.shtml It hasn't been a good year for the San Diego Chargers. Their best defensive player, Shawne Merriman, is out for the year. They've struggled on offense. Yet their only one... Russ 2008-11-10T00:11+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1225592337.shtml Renato Medina used to own Lucky Chances, a Colma, California cardroom (poker club). Colma, which may have more tombstones than people, was the target of a federal corruption investigation.... Russ 2008-11-02T02:11+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1225318690.shtml I've reported on occasion on Robert Beale. Mr. Beale was tried on tax evasion charges, but attempted to arrest the judge.... Russ 2008-10-29T22:10+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1224732793.shtml There's a scandal in New York involving the Governor's Chief of Staff. Charles O'Byrne is Chief of Staff to New York Governor David Paterson. He makes a good salary ($178,500 a... Russ 2008-10-23T03:10+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1224471925.shtml I counted over thirty interesting tax evasion stories from the last few days. There's no way I'm going to put them all in a post so here are the highlights.... Russ 2008-10-20T03:10+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1224128960.shtml Richard Hatch, the Survivor winner who was convicted of tax evasion, won't be leaving the Morgantown, West Virginia Federal Correctional Institution anytime soon. The US Supreme Court declined to... Russ 2008-10-16T03:10+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1223862587.shtml Christina Warthen appeared to have everything. She's a graduate of Stanford Law School. She's married to the founder of Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com). She's also allegedly a tax evader who... Russ 2008-10-13T01:10+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1223005959.shtml Apparently this blog has a wider circulation than I thought. Today I received an email from Tom Teale, the Assistant Director, Criminal Investigations of the Minnesota Department of Revenue (the state... Russ 2008-10-03T03:10+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1223004809.shtml There are some things that just must be seen in person at least once. I think that one of those is the Indianapolis 500. It's called the greatest spectacle in... Russ 2008-10-03T03:10+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1221745109.shtml Orange County Billionaire Igor Olenicoff sued UBS, the Swiss Banking Giant, alleging that they conned him into breaking US Tax Laws. Mr. Olenicoff is alleging that when a giant company tells... Russ 2008-09-18T13:09+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1221159040.shtml If you want to get on the bad side of a judge a very good way to do so is to file fake warrants and fraudulent leans and attempt to "arrest"... Russ 2008-09-11T18:09+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1220848157.shtml One of the questions that comes up from time to time is whether you have to pay tax on illegal income. After all, do thieves really report their thefts to the... Russ 2008-09-08T04:09+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1219629630.shtml I've written in the past that there's something about Escort Services that somehow get their owners in tax trouble. Late last week two other individuals in related industries pleaded guilty to... Russ 2008-08-25T02:08+00:00