Comments on: IRS zooms in on Ebay users http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11439 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:02:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11439/comment-page-1#comment-134320 Reader's Write Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:50:29 +0000 #comment-134320 Many ebay sellers owe no taxes anyway. Gross income is not taxed, only profits. Even IRS admits sales of personal household goods are not taxable since these items were purchased with previously taxed money and would be losses anyway. Sales of collectable items such as coins, stamps and old beer cans are taxed as CAPITAL GAINS since they are investments just like stocks. An individual could easily gross more than 5000 dollars on ebay if they sold a car or boat. The state might want a payment, usually from the buyer, but the seller would owe taxes only if they somehow made a profit on the used car, not a common thing. IRS would probably not want sellers all suddenly claiming to be investors or even businesses since most would show losses and use them to protect part of their income from salaries thus paying less tax than before. Some ebay junkies fiercely insist that every last dime a person gets is taxable as ordinary income and expenses be hanged. If they want to pay more than their fair share its fine with me. But if IRS tries to collect ebay taxes they are only going to benifit accountants and lawyers. Many ebay sellers owe no taxes anyway. Gross income is not taxed, only profits. Even IRS admits sales of personal household goods are not taxable since these items were purchased with previously taxed money and would be losses anyway. Sales of collectable items such as coins, stamps and old beer cans are taxed as CAPITAL GAINS since they are investments just like stocks. An individual could easily gross more than 5000 dollars on ebay if they sold a car or boat. The state might want a payment, usually from the buyer, but the seller would owe taxes only if they somehow made a profit on the used car, not a common thing.

IRS would probably not want sellers all suddenly claiming to be investors or even businesses since most would show losses and use them to protect part of their income from salaries thus paying less tax than before.

Some ebay junkies fiercely insist that every last dime a person gets is taxable as ordinary income and expenses be hanged. If they want to pay more than their fair share its fine with me. But if IRS tries to collect ebay taxes they are only going to benifit accountants and lawyers.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11439/comment-page-1#comment-134317 Reader's Write Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:54:52 +0000 #comment-134317 The 16th Amendment WAS NOT properly ratified. However, this fact does not stop the IRS or courts from stealing assets of tax avoiders. As in many other cases, this is just another in which the government and its courts pick and choose which parts of the Constitution it will abide by. If a robber or a gang member with a gun comes to your home or business demanding money, do you give up money or do you argue about your rights? Most prudent people choose to save their skins and give up the money, especially when they are out gunned and outnumbered. This is the same thing with the IRS. They have the police force of the entire nation there to enforce their policies no matter how unconstitutional these policies are. Yes, people who claim that the 16 Amendment was not properly ratified are right, however, I would not recommending an average person enforcing their RIGHT not to pay income taxes. The proper and constitutional way to levy taxes for operation of the Federal government is to lay the taxes on the states in direct proportion to their representation in Congress. Unfortunately, the U.S. government chooses to forsake the Constitution and give preference to foreign entities at the expense of Americans. If someone wants to call me a kook for pointing all of this out, then so be it. After the name calling, I suggest people read the Constitution themselves. They will see how far the U.S. government (and state as well as local governments) has strayed from what the Founding Fathers intended. The 16th Amendment WAS NOT properly ratified. However, this fact does not stop the IRS or courts from stealing assets of tax avoiders. As in many other cases, this is just another in which the government and its courts pick and choose which parts of the Constitution it will abide by.

If a robber or a gang member with a gun comes to your home or business demanding money, do you give up money or do you argue about your rights? Most prudent people choose to save their skins and give up the money, especially when they are out gunned and outnumbered. This is the same thing with the IRS. They have the police force of the entire nation there to enforce their policies no matter how unconstitutional these policies are. Yes, people who claim that the 16 Amendment was not properly ratified are right, however, I would not recommending an average person enforcing their RIGHT not to pay income taxes.

The proper and constitutional way to levy taxes for operation of the Federal government is to lay the taxes on the states in direct proportion to their representation in Congress. Unfortunately, the U.S. government chooses to forsake the Constitution and give preference to foreign entities at the expense of Americans. If someone wants to call me a kook for pointing all of this out, then so be it. After the name calling, I suggest people read the Constitution themselves. They will see how far the U.S. government (and state as well as local governments) has strayed from what the Founding Fathers intended.

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