Amazing

I knew a guy at work was a weasel but even this amazed me. He was talking about his tax person finding tons of deductions for him (that border between unethical and illegal): college courses he takes, work clothes he has to buy, mortage, car title, losses on stocks, and this year his medical bills from his motorcycle accident which were in the six figure range. I mentioned his settlement from the lady that pulled out in front of him causing him to drop his bike that he has to report as income, I heard it was close to a million. Settlement, he asks, What settlement? Oh, he is not going to report his settlement on his taxes.

I'm sorry to ask this, isn't that tax fraud? Oh no, his tax person has him sign a paper stating the tax guy is responsible for all the tax filings and nothing will happen to him if he does it wrong. He assured me the tax guy does nothing illegal (how does he know if he doesn't read the tax forms he is signing?). Yes, but weasel not reporting his settlement to the tax person would not be the tax guy's responsibility, it would fall on weasel. Plus having thousands of dollars in medical bills and no settlement mentioned could raise suspicion worthy of an audit, at least. I just said I'm not a tax attorney so what do I know and casually mentioned that my coworker is mad at his tax people (who also guarentee their work) cause he got a letter stating undeclared income and forced to pay a tax bill plus interest. Besides, why should I care when it will not be me going to jail for tax fraud.

Then I got another surprise. A guy that quit months ago came by to pick up an application. I teased him asking if he was sure he wanted to work here, he quit remember? He laughed. I first I thought it was for a friend, but no, I saw his application filled out in the boss's drawer. Post later. Bye!