Out of the Country<\/b><\/p>\n
John L. Swigert, Jr., the Apollo 13 astronaut who went to the moon in 1970, recalls how his job almost interfered with filing his federal income-tax forms: \u201cOn the second day of Apollo 13, April 12, I asked Mission Control to begin work to get me an extension of the filing date for my income tax. Since I had been a last-minute substitution on the Apollo 13 flight, things had moved so fast that I didn\u2019t have a chance to file my return.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IRS didn\u2019t have to make a special ruling to grant Swigert a two-month extension because of his I\u2019m-on-my-way-to-the-moon excuse, though. There was already a regulation that provided an automatic extension for anyone out of the country.<\/p>\n
Clyde Haberman and Albin Krebs in New York Times<\/p>\n
Quote<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 When you made out your income tax return this year, we trust you remembered that it\u2019s better to give than to deceive.<\/p>\n
Bits and Pieces, May 1990, p. 17<\/p>\n
Cheating<\/b><\/p>\n
An IRS funded survey showed: 1\/5 of filers admit to understating income, 1\/10 to overstating deductions, 1\/6 claim dependents illegally, more than 50% said they thought everyone would cheat if they felt they could get away with it. The more tax evaders a person knows, the more likely he is to cheat.<\/p>\n
Psychology Today, Shlomo Maital, March, 1982<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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