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It is a straightforward answer: This is because the IRS would make less money. It is like a poker game. Their number can only be smaller than yours. If you g
by ransom1538 8y ago
It is a straightforward answer:
This is because the IRS would make less money. It is like a poker game. Their number can only be smaller than yours. If you go under their number they penalize you. If you go over their number they keep the difference.
- masklinn 8y ago> It is a straightforward answer: It's also patent nonsense.
- ransom1538 8y agoI am not agreeing with it just stating the fact.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoIf it's actually a fact, then you don't get to agree or disagree with it.
- mmirate 8y agoI believe he/she was using "agree with it" as shorthand for "judge that it is a good thing".
- masklinn 8y agoYou are not stating "the fact" you are stating patent nonsense.
- dang 8y agoMaybe so, but you've crossed into attacking and name-calling, which is a violation of the site guidelines no matter how right you are. Moreover it's unsubstantive to just declare "nonsense" without explaining anything to the reader. Please don't post like this to HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- masklinn 8y ago> Maybe so, but you've crossed into attacking and name-calling Calling a declaration patent nonsense is not "name-calling". Stuff which is "attacking and name-calling" however include: * insinuating that the IRS rejects pre-filling declaration because they "would make less money" despite them having supported that effort * declaring that tax declaration is "like a poker game" and that it's "just a fact" is * insulting other commenters, as ransom1538 has done and I have not > Moreover it's unsubstantive to just declare "nonsense" without explaining anything to the reader. Why would I need to substantiate a disagreement with an unsubstantiated assertion?
- dang 8y agoIt is name-calling in the sense that the HN guidelines use the term, and you need to follow the rules here regardless of how badly someone else is breaking them.
- ransom1538 8y agoCould you backup your argument a bit more? You just come off as a jerk. You disagree that americans pay more than they should? [1] [1] https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/taxes/2018-tax-report/ https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/taxes/2018-tax-report/ Or you disagree that paying less than you should has consequences? https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/irs/tax-responsibilities/prision-for-tax-evasion/ https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/irs/tax-responsibilities/... People like you ruin this message board.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't break the site guidelines yourself, regardless of whether someone else has done so. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- wadkar 8y agoPlease refrain from name calling and personal attacks. It would be really great if you can elaborate your point. For example, why do you think it is nonsense? What line of argument or examples can you provide to make your point? Here’s an example: @GP Perhaps stating it as a fact sounds a bit too strong me. How did you come to realize this fact? Do you have any source or “experiential evidence” for stating it as a fact. Perhaps I misunderstood your analogy but I would be very happy to hear your full point.
- tptacek 8y agoOn more than one occasion I have gotten help from the IRS that reduced the amount of money the IRS ended up collecting from me. I do not think this first-principles reasoning about the IRS is as dispositive as you think it is.