Reply: 1.1.1.1
From: Paul Zagoridis
Hi Dale
On 7/18/01 6:21:00 PM, Dale Gatherum-Goss wrote:
>Tax law is ALWAYS shades of
>gray and never black and
>white.
>
>To prove a point, recently,
>the ATO attacked someone who
>had relied on their own
>rulings and the ATO still won
>that case.
I am always amazed by people who ask the ATO for tax advice. They wont guarantee their own opinions.
If I want tax advice I go to a tax professional, or an accountant with a speed-dial 1 to a tax professional. ITP DON'T COUNT!
The rest of your post is priceless. I'm printing it out and stapling it to my wall! I need to keep better minutes.
>Keep good receipts.
>Get good advice.
>Document your mind set and
>thinking in spending money as
>later on, when under pressure,
>you may not recall all the
>reasons and benefits that you
>had in mind at the time.
>Learn the rules and play by
>them to the limit of the law
>AND your comfort zone.
Paul Zag
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