From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 11:33:59 +0800
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Taxes & baseball...
Message-ID: <199809090345.WAA13954@einstein.ssz.com>
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Hi,

It occurs to me that if the fan who caught the ball and then gave it to
McGyer  had to pay a gift tax then so would the NLB, after all it was their
ball until it left the field at which point they give it to the fan who
catches it.

I wonder what made the IRS back down from a cool 1.2M...?


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