December 11, 2003
Tax Collectors in Action
Jim Henley takes up the cause of a neighborhood comic store owner who is getting screwed by the IRS
The familiar regulatory coupling of arrogance and ignorance has forced her to take attention from her proper concerns - her business and her life - and focus them on trying to straighten out interlopers as clueless as they are powerful.Stories like this make me wonder once again why we have not risen up and smashed the IRS and its ilk. Yes, I am angry about this at the moment.
There is an update on this story at Tegan's place. This sounds really broken and I am still angry.
Oh, and if any of you know anything about a federal inventory tax would you, if possible, point to references. I couldn't find anything at irs.gov and don't believe that there is such a thing at the federal level.
Update (12/12): Jim Henley, Hit&Run, and a number of other folks in the comic community (linked by Dirk Deppy) have more. Dirk wants action and has a sample letter to send to your congress critters.
The comment thread at Hit & Run has some info on the tax law but I have yet to see a clear discussion of the specific law and why and how it applies here. And, yes, I'm still angry. Let's get rid of the IRS.
Posted by Steve on December 11, 2003
