Originally Posted by theking

Well...I suspect that more people than not...have tax issues if they are using anymore than an EZ form and they were to be adudited. I fired an accountant once...because...even though I had specifically told him that I did not want any kind of creative accounting done...the IRS concluded that I owed a substantial amount more than what the accountant came up with. As everyone knows the tax code is very complicated.

In the case of Daschle...I for one...just off of the top of my head...would not have known that if a friend did me a favor and provided me with the use of a car and driver I would have to pay taxes for the favor. Maybe an accountant would know that or should know that.