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Re: Warning: California penalizes you 25% for not filing even if

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From: Sam
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:41
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Vickie Seley writes:

> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:42:12 -0600, Sam wrote:
>> Let me make sure I understand you correctly.
>> You're saying that you did receive the letter notifying you that you're 
>> going to get nailed with a 25% penalty if you do not file immediately.  You 
>> ignored the notice, and you got the penalized, as promised.
>> Did I read you correctly?
>> I can assure you that most people already know, fully well, that they should 
>> NOT ignore notices like that.
> 
> Of course you read correctly.
> Nobody follows the rules.

I guess that's why all the postoffices are deserted on April 15th of every 
year.

> Try clocking the speed of the person driving next
> to you on the highway, for example. 

I see a slowpoke for every leadfoot.  Clearly it's not "nobody".

> The next year, I was on time but the post office was closed so I put it in
> the mailbox without a stamp. Guess what. It was delivered fine. 
> 
> Then I was six months late the next year. Guess what. Nothing happened.
> 
> Then I was two years late (when I lived in Texas). Guess what. Nothing
> happened.
> 
> Then I moved to California.
> 
> It was only then, decades after my first sad experience with taxes, that
> something actually happened when I filed late.

Well, to use your earlier analogy, try to talk your way out of a speeding 
ticket by arguing that you were able to get away with it for a long long 
time, on other highways and roads.  See how far you get.

> It's amazing how many millions of mindless sheep exist out there who can't
> possibly think for themselves. They actually believe what they hear. 

Yes, they believe that they need to file their taxes by April 15th, and they 
do.

And that's why you don't see them come here and whine.


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