LawTalkers - Where the Kids Come to Mouth Off

Originally posted by dtb
So, is there any way to avoid capital gains taxes on the sale of a non-primary residence? I have heard that the answer is a big fat no, however, I'm hopeful that one of my learned (no, no Pepe, it's pronounced "luuuuhrned") colleagues from the FB (Hey! Stop laughing!) will find a handy-dandy loophole from this, the cruelest cut of all.

Taxes suck.

Looks like the answer is still no, but this link has a lot of info:

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p523/ar02.html#d0e1626

robustpuppy

09-23-2004 04:24 PM

Tax Advice Needed!!

Quote:

Originally posted by mmm3587
Looks like the answer is still no, but this link has a lot of info:

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p523/ar02.html#d0e1626

I know you've got a crush, but have you really been working on this for two days? That's so sweet.

Anne Elk

09-23-2004 04:33 PM

DUI

No need to wear spike heels, just ride a horse to the bar. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a horse is not a vehicle.

My favorite quote is from the dissent:

Quote:

A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
but the Vehicle Code does not divorce
its application from, perforce,
a steed as my colleagues said.

It's not vague,' I'll say until I'm hoarse,
and whether a car, a truck or horse
this law applies with equal force,
and I'd reverse instead.

Shape Shifter

09-23-2004 04:39 PM

DUI

Quote:

Originally posted by Anne Elk
No need to wear spike heels, just ride a horse to the bar. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a horse is not a vehicle.

My favorite quote is from the dissent:

quote:
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
but the Vehicle Code does not divorce
its application from, perforce,
a steed as my colleagues said.

It's not vague,' I'll say until I'm hoarse,
and whether a car, a truck or horse
this law applies with equal force,
and I'd reverse instead.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sebby, if you ever appear before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, will you please let me know in advance? I'll spring for the whiskey of your choice afterward.

dtb	09-23-2004 04:45 PM

T-shirts

Quote:

Originally posted by robustpuppy
This is an interview I can overhear.

When I conduct an interview I do not permit any laughter. If a candidate does laugh, I like to say "Oh, you think I'm funny?!" while caressing my Mont Blanc.

This whole [heh -- I almost wrote "hole"] exchange has given me a wicked pissah case of the giggles. (No, I don't know why I said "wicked pissah".)

dtb	09-23-2004 04:53 PM

Tax Advice Needed!!

Quote:

Originally posted by mmm3587
Looks like the answer is still no, but this link has a lot of info:

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p523/ar02.html#d0e1626

Duuude -- whaddaya mean "no"? That's exactly the section I was remembering when I thought I found a handy-dandy loophole through which to dump my enormous pile of cash! Ownerhip test -- check. Use test -- check (so long as you can accumulate days like that, and the years don't need to be continuous.)

That reminds me -- I have a friend who is married to this really rich guy (rich as in "There are wings of the LA County Museum named after his mother), and they moved to Seattle so they wouldn't have to pay state income taxes after her husband sold part of his sizable art collection (this dude's parents were painted by David Hockney -- that painting hangs in the Chicago Art Museum). Anyway, the point of this whole story (well, besides the patently obvious ploy to make you all think I am really special by bragging about the rich people I know) is to say that in order to take advantage of the "no state taxes" thingy -- they had to spend a certain number of days a year in Seattle. So, maybe there's something to that after all...

(Don't worry folks, I actually have retained non-imaginary legal counsel -- but she's on vacation until Monday.)

Replaced_Texan

09-23-2004 04:58 PM

Tax Advice Needed!!

Quote:

Originally posted by dtb
Anyway, the point of this whole story (well, besides the patently obvious ploy to make you all think I am really special by bragging about the rich people I know) is to say that in order to take advantage of the "no state taxes" thingy -- they had to spend a certain number of days a year in Seattle. So, maybe there's something to that after all...

(Don't worry folks, I actually have retained non-imaginary legal counsel -- but she's on vacation until Monday.)

I used to lie and say that my car was only visiting California so I didn't have to pay registration fees there. Texas rates were much more reasonable.

sunnybunny

09-23-2004 05:03 PM

T-shirts

Quote:

I hope that pen was a graduation present....i thought you were saving money for the double decker dryer so you could tell me whether it was worth the pricetag.

Gattigap

09-23-2004 05:13 PM

Tiggergate, part the next one

The man who was cleared of groping a girl in "Tiggergate" at Disney has been recharged, this time for groping while playing "Goofy."

http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0804/3617082.jpg

Humph. I think the guy would be better off if his simply keeps the Goofy-head on.

ilikenewsocks

09-23-2004 05:15 PM

Oops, she didn't do it again?

When white trash marries white trash and there's a week delay in getting the license, what are the chances of the whole thing busting up beforehand? 50%? 70%? 90%?

Quote:

Britney Spears most definitely got married last week, People magazine reports in its Oct. 4 issue filled with pictures of the pop star and her fiance, Kevin Federline, in wedding apparel and surrounded by family and friends.

What the couple didn't do, according to the Los Angeles County registrar's office, is file a marriage license after the ceremony.

No big deal, says a member of the singer's camp who declined to be quoted by name.

"They're scheduled to file it next week,' she told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Federline, 26, said the delay was caused when the couple moved their wedding date up to Sept. 18 as word leaked out that they were planning to be married on Oct. 16.

Moving the date up a month, he said, didn't give their lawyers time to finish their prenuptial agreement.

link

dtb	09-23-2004 05:23 PM

Tiggergate, part the next one

Quote:

Originally posted by Gattigap
The man who was cleared of groping a girl in "Tiggergate" at Disney has been recharged, this time for groping while playing "Goofy."

http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0804/3617082.jpg

Humph. I think the guy would be better off if his simply keeps the Goofy-head on.

Isn't that Steve Buscemi's (or however you spell that...) twin brother?

Replaced_Texan

09-23-2004 05:28 PM

Tiggergate, part the next one

Quote:

I think my friend who got groped by Goofy wouldn't be as amused by the whole thing if she'd seen him without the mask.

Gattigap

09-23-2004 06:45 PM

Puking with Farrell

FBetty Poll:

You get to hang out with Colin Farrell. Upside? Well discussed. Downside? The substantial risk that he'll go completely blotto and barf on you not too long into the evening.

Fair trade?

Gattigap

From the Defamer:

http://www.defamer.com/topic/colin-farrell.jpg

Warner Bros. has pushed the release of Alexander back three weeks to better troll for Oscars. But we hear the studio is terrified to unleash Colin Farrell, the (rumored) generously be-donged Irishman, on the press because of his tendency to show up to every appearance shitfaced. Apparently whiskey fumes visibly rising off of a movie star are not as charming as they used to be, as one studio bigwig supposedly took a recent pass on Farrell after he pounded a handful of beers during a half-hour meeting. It's official: Colin Farrell is our new hero. He can puke in our car anytime, and we'll even pretend to be cool with it.

bold_n_brazen

09-23-2004 08:06 PM

Puking with Farrell

Quote:

Originally posted by Gattigap
FBetty Poll:

You get to hang out with Colin Farrell. Upside? Well discussed. Downside? The substantial risk that he'll go completely blotto and barf on you not too long into the evening.

Fair trade?

Gattigap

Fair trade? Hell, yeah.

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