Maybe I missed something, but after reading Nord Davis'
pardon me, but..., I still don't get the following:
Quote:
...So, for twenty years I have, with all the
seriousness of a heart attack, looked at that clerk
straight in the eye and asked, as I pushed their sales
slip back across the counter, "Don't you know that if
you keep sales receipts you have to pay income
taxes?" The clerk can plainly see that I mean
business. Some of them look perplexed. What I
asked did not compute with the limited world in which
they live. I just figure that they are the Perplexed. I
usually walk out leaving them perplexed. I do not ever
recall having one of The Perplexed asking me to
explain myself. Unfortunately for America, there will
always be The Perplexed.
Other clerks cannot tolerate what they suppose to
be a joke in the form of a serious question. Some
laugh uproariously, never suspecting that the joke is
really on them....
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Hypothetically speaking:
say I accept all receipts given to me, and insist on one when not offered one: for the simple purpose of keeping track of all my expenses--I like to know where my money goes. Besides, how could the IRS possibly know if I've accepted a sales receipt or not? Makes no sense to me.
Maybe some one here could enlighten me? Thanks
Peace