How illegal is this?

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
I can see my neighbor's ass crack. He's bending over to pick up some grass clippings. Where's my slingshot?

Pfft, you don't need a slingshot. Just sneak up on him & stick your finger in there. That'll show him.

I just spit diet pepsi all over my monitor.

I've heard that Bondo makes a great crack spackle.

😀

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Once he realizes it's time to do his taxes he may cut back. You can hide a lot of stuff, but unless you own a bunch of shell companies and swiss bank accounts you can't hide your income -- or your lifestyle -- from the IRS.

I had a friend who make Fake IDs. He was damn good at it and running quite a brisk business until tax time came around. Then he realized he had $2000 of unreportable income that month that he needed to hide. So he sunk it into a car stereo. After that he stopped making IDs.

All he has to do is stay liquid or keep the cash on hand, and spend with cash. I don't know why he would even think of reporting that income. Don't accept credit cards or atm cards for gods sake, cash only! Unless he writes receipts there is no trail.

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: vi_edit

He also burns DVDs and sells them to kids at our school

Call the MPAA on him.

Seconded. The modded Xbox and warez'd games I could understand, but selling someone else's stuff, and pulling RMA switcheroos are big no-nos. In terms of illegality even, the warez is a civil offense, the RMA is criminal fraud, and I'm pretty sure the selling is criminal, but I don't know the exact crime category.

Answere to your last question is copyright infringement.

-XIonide

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Xionide

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: Nebor
I swear to God, my cat and that freaking sweater... he's at it again.

And thread randomness has reached an all-time high.

The pickledorf has recieved the eisenreagan misure jigglypuff

I give you one million points for the word pickledorf. OMGWTFPICKLEDORF.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Xionide

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: vi_edit

He also burns DVDs and sells them to kids at our school

Call the MPAA on him.

Seconded. The modded Xbox and warez'd games I could understand, but selling someone else's stuff, and pulling RMA switcheroos are big no-nos. In terms of illegality even, the warez is a civil offense, the RMA is criminal fraud, and I'm pretty sure the selling is criminal, but I don't know the exact crime category.

Answere to your last question is copyright infringement.

-XIonide

Copyright infringement is a civil offense though, as shown by the RIAA lawsuits against music sharers. I'm pretty sure selling material like that is a different offense.

 

[kermalou]

leave him alone, karma will get to him

 

[tylerhskate]

your friend sounds like my kinda guy except im not rich but i download illegal files all the time except for OS's thats just stupid, 🙂, and i dont feel like modding my xbox so i play pc games for free

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: tylerhskate
your friend sounds like my kinda guy except im not rich but i download illegal files all the time except for OS's thats just stupid, 🙂, and i dont feel like modding my xbox so i play pc games for free

You're going to learn Anandtech the hard way, noob.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Once he realizes it's time to do his taxes he may cut back. You can hide a lot of stuff, but unless you own a bunch of shell companies and swiss bank accounts you can't hide your income -- or your lifestyle -- from the IRS.

I had a friend who make Fake IDs. He was damn good at it and running quite a brisk business until tax time came around. Then he realized he had $2000 of unreportable income that month that he needed to hide. So he sunk it into a car stereo. After that he stopped making IDs.

All he has to do is stay liquid or keep the cash on hand, and spend with cash. I don't know why he would even think of reporting that income. Don't accept credit cards or atm cards for gods sake, cash only! Unless he writes receipts there is no trail.

If you've ever heard the phrase "your lifestyle does not match your income" you'll understand why that doesn't work.

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: kermalou
leave him alone, karma will get to him

🙂

-=bmacd=-

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: tylerhskate
your friend sounds like my kinda guy except im not rich but i download illegal files all the time except for OS's thats just stupid, 🙂, and i dont feel like modding my xbox so i play pc games for free

Why, exactly? 😛

 

[Corporate Thug]

How illegal is all this stuff he is doing?

there are no degrees of illegal. either its legal or not, and what he does IS NOT

 

[Harvey]

Does your friend have a fondness for big roommates named Bubba? :Q

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Once he realizes it's time to do his taxes he may cut back. You can hide a lot of stuff, but unless you own a bunch of shell companies and swiss bank accounts you can't hide your income -- or your lifestyle -- from the IRS.

I had a friend who make Fake IDs. He was damn good at it and running quite a brisk business until tax time came around. Then he realized he had $2000 of unreportable income that month that he needed to hide. So he sunk it into a car stereo. After that he stopped making IDs.

All he has to do is stay liquid or keep the cash on hand, and spend with cash. I don't know why he would even think of reporting that income. Don't accept credit cards or atm cards for gods sake, cash only! Unless he writes receipts there is no trail.

If you've ever heard the phrase "your lifestyle does not match your income" you'll understand why that doesn't work.

What reason would they have for an audit? Unless he's been tipped off to the feds, there's no reason to look into his lifestyle. Keep it in cash, spend in cash. The IRS isn't monitoring everyone's spending habits, audits are fairly random. All he has to do is pay his taxes on his reported income. Oh, and no banks.

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: shady06

How illegal is all this stuff he is doing?

there are no degrees of illegal. either its legal or not, and what he does IS NOT

haha...of course there are degrees of things being illegal.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Once he realizes it's time to do his taxes he may cut back. You can hide a lot of stuff, but unless you own a bunch of shell companies and swiss bank accounts you can't hide your income -- or your lifestyle -- from the IRS.

I had a friend who make Fake IDs. He was damn good at it and running quite a brisk business until tax time came around. Then he realized he had $2000 of unreportable income that month that he needed to hide. So he sunk it into a car stereo. After that he stopped making IDs.

All he has to do is stay liquid or keep the cash on hand, and spend with cash. I don't know why he would even think of reporting that income. Don't accept credit cards or atm cards for gods sake, cash only! Unless he writes receipts there is no trail.

If you've ever heard the phrase "your lifestyle does not match your income" you'll understand why that doesn't work.

What reason would they have for an audit? Unless he's been tipped off to the feds, there's no reason to look into his lifestyle. Keep it in cash, spend in cash. The IRS isn't monitoring everyone's spending habits, audits are fairly random. All he has to do is pay his taxes on his reported income. Oh, and no banks.

I've heard that it's usually deduction claims that cause an audit...

They don't(really) care about small-time folks. If you're buying houses and cars with cash, they might perk their ears up, though.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: shady06

How illegal is all this stuff he is doing?

there are no degrees of illegal. either its legal or not, and what he does IS NOT

Sure there are.

Felony, misdemeanor, theft 1-2-3, assault 1-2-3, rape 1-2-3, etc, etc..

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Once he realizes it's time to do his taxes he may cut back. You can hide a lot of stuff, but unless you own a bunch of shell companies and swiss bank accounts you can't hide your income -- or your lifestyle -- from the IRS.

I had a friend who make Fake IDs. He was damn good at it and running quite a brisk business until tax time came around. Then he realized he had $2000 of unreportable income that month that he needed to hide. So he sunk it into a car stereo. After that he stopped making IDs.

All he has to do is stay liquid or keep the cash on hand, and spend with cash. I don't know why he would even think of reporting that income. Don't accept credit cards or atm cards for gods sake, cash only! Unless he writes receipts there is no trail.

If you've ever heard the phrase "your lifestyle does not match your income" you'll understand why that doesn't work.

What reason would they have for an audit? Unless he's been tipped off to the feds, there's no reason to look into his lifestyle. Keep it in cash, spend in cash. The IRS isn't monitoring everyone's spending habits, audits are fairly random. All he has to do is pay his taxes on his reported income. Oh, and no banks.

I've heard that it's usually deduction claims that cause an audit...

They don't(really) care about small-time folks. If you're buying houses and cars with cash, they might perk their ears up, though.

Yeah, but get a loan and pay the mortage. As long as the payments don't exceed your reported income everything should still be fine. I think any cash purchase over a certain amount may trigger some alarms.

I think even the audits for people who do deductions are random, its a logistics issue. They cant audit everyone who deducts.

 

[rh71]

yeah that's like a hobby to him... he's gonna have to come into some sorta trouble before he'll actually stop. Good luck with that.