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THURSDAY DECEMBER 28 2006 11:30 PM

Submitted by FearTheReaper. Edited By FearTheReaper.

TAGS: California, Taxes, Schwarznegger

An anonymous Californian just made a deal to avoid jail time for unpaid taxes and saved the states ass at the same time. Taxpayer X agreed to pay $200 million but sadly, we will never know who he or she is.

In California state officials can be imprisoned for disclosing tax records. The state won�t say who coughed up the dough or why, just that it is an individual. Taxpayer X probably had an income of around $2 billion.

The tax bonanza was a result of Governor Schwarznegger offering individual taxpayers amnesty.

"It happened the very first month of the amnesty," said Claudia Hill, owner of a highly respected Silicon Valley tax firm, Tax Mam, Inc., and editor in chief of the Journal of Tax Practices and Procedures. "We were all laughing when the state came out so quickly and called (the amnesty) a success because the scuttlebutt was that it was all from one person."

California is currently $47 million below state revenue projections. Construction and real estate sales are down, which has caused the state income to fall. If Taxpayer X was not ponying up $200 million, California would be down $250 million. Go taxes!

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_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA

April 2005

DEC 28, 2006 11:39 PM

Wowzers!

I think it was George Lucas.

These aren't the taxes you're looking for.

OctEgon

Tustin, CA

July 2005

DEC 29, 2006 12:34 AM

As a Californian, I'd just like to say "Score!"

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

DEC 29, 2006 12:56 AM

It was me. I admit it.

The13thSinner

Philadelphia, PA

November 2003

DEC 29, 2006 01:08 AM

Funny when things work out...

PlanNumberOne

Norway

February 2005

DEC 29, 2006 04:34 AM

I feel I am ready to date this person, even if it was George Lucas.

ObservingOne

Monroe, LA

April 2006

DEC 29, 2006 04:48 AM

I wonder how much the guy saved by agreeing to the $200 mill payout.

Shouldn't be too difficult to figure out who it was. How many people earn $2 billion a year in California?

Synthiviper

Chicago, IL

June 2004

DEC 29, 2006 06:43 AM

Subrosa said:
It was me. I admit it.

Awesome. Want to let me borrow some of that? Thaaanks.

Anomalisa

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

DEC 29, 2006 08:04 AM

Cha-ching! Does this mean California school children can expect an extra ketchup packet with their school lunch?

Rainking13

Saint Peters, MO

December 2006

DEC 29, 2006 08:31 AM

I dont think so, most of if it is going towards the govenators cybernetic leg. Please dont hate me but how do we go about getting Arnold in 08?? Couse if the Arnie cant fix it, it cant be fixed.

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

DEC 29, 2006 08:41 AM

Rainking13 said:
Please dont hate me but how do we go about getting Arnold in 08?? Couse if the Arnie cant fix it, it cant be fixed.

Spoken like a true nonresident of California.

Tinyhobo

Boulder City, NV

December 2006

DEC 29, 2006 08:48 AM

Subrosa said:
It was me. I admit it.

um..want to help me out

JDPatriot

Great Barrington, MA

January 2004

DEC 29, 2006 10:01 AM

Am I the only person who thinks it's fucked up the Government can come in, steal your shit, and have everybody go along with it because of some bullshit set of ideals?

Shalome

MODERATOR

Los Angeles, CA

DEC 29, 2006 10:05 AM

JDpatriot said:
Am I the only person who thinks it's fucked up the Government can come in, steal your shit, and have everybody go along with it because of some bullshit set of ideals?

Yeah, it totally sucks that we all have to pay for things like roads and schools and sidewalks and stupid shit like that, just because we've decided that we need those things in order to be a civilized society.

I mean.. uh.. ANARCHY!!! WOO!!!!!!

Vestril

Coronado, CA

February 2003

DEC 29, 2006 10:09 AM

Shalome said:

JDpatriot said:
Am I the only person who thinks it's fucked up the Government can come in, steal your shit, and have everybody go along with it because of some bullshit set of ideals?

I can sympathize with him, look where he's from. Not that no taxation would have served New Orleans any better, but coming from a place that fucked by the government, I can understand a certain amount of unreasoning bitterness.