[ale] OT: Taxing issues

[Joseph A Knapka]

Hi folks,

Weird 1040 issue: I got a W-2 from my employer that
reported I had $0.46 of income in Georgia last year.
The bulk of my income was on my Texas W-2; I don't
even know how I managed to make forty-six cents in
Georgia.

Anyway, I submitted my tax return via ezTaxReturn.com,
which really was "EZ". But the IRS rejected it.
I noticed that the W-2 with the $0.46 income was
being rounded down to $0, so I deleted it from
my on-line return, and the IRS then accepted the
return.

So the question is, is it acceptable to not report
income of under $1? If I had sent a paper 1040A
to the IRS with both of those physical W-2's
stapled to it, would they have rejected *that*
and insisted I take back the GA W-2??? Am I
setting myself up for a lifetime of IRS harrassment
by not reporting that income?

Wouldn't it be nice if we just had a nationwide
20% sales tax, and ditch the IRS?

Bleah.

-- Joe
  Using open-source software: free.
  Pissing Bill Gates off: priceless.

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