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"Peter Duniho" wrote:

I'm not advocating this for anyone, I'm just saying that when I read the
P&P article, I asked a tax accountant and then called the IRS and asked
the $10/hr person who answered the phone. So, in reality, I'll still be
the one going to jail.

Well, I'd hope that with the "official" say-so from an IRS representative,
you'd have a pretty good defense. I don't know how they work the penalties,
but I'd hope that they'd only make you pay back taxes. Charging you fines
for their own mistake would be pretty rotten (even if consistent with some
of the other things the IRS has done).

If you will recall, the IRS does not allow advice from their income tax
hotline to be considered as offical policy and is not a valid defense in
case of a dispute.