Man Catches Home Run Ball - IRS Wants In

[The Not Cool Not Tapion]

So Barry Bonds broke the record and all of that. I don't care about baseball so that doesn't mean anything to me. But this is what gets me:

The guy who caught it is now being taxed $210,000 for the estimated value of the ball.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap...&type=lgns

[Bojack]

America is officially lose.

[Retane]

Whats a crab sandwich? O_o

[Pigero]

Just sell it and move to Canada under the name Ben Dover.

[Jewtastic]

Then he'd have to pay me.

[Krillin]

Whats a crab sandwich? O_o

If it was in Washington D.C, it was probably a soft-crab sandwich. They're real good.

[Aero]

What if he doesn't sell the ball?

[The Not Cool Not Tapion]

He is still taxed for the estimated value =/

[Aero]

What if the value is dimished in later years. Will he be reimbursed?

I mean, Barry did take steroids during most of the homeruns he hit. Also, there's a big chance he won't make the HoF.

[Retane]

what if he throws it away?

[Krillin]

He won't.

[Retane]

But just what if? Would he have to still pay?

[Pigero]

What if the value is dimished in later years. Will he be reimbursed?

I mean, Barry did take steroids during most of the homeruns he hit. Also, there's a big chance he won't make the HoF.

I hate the steroids issue. Yes, steroids can affect his homerun count. Not greatly. My Freshman Science Teacher was the Strength and Conditioning Moderator at Numerous Athletic Colleges, and he said himself it might only affect his Home Run count by 25ish. Taking Steroids won't take the ball perfectly to your bat. Technique is a much larger issue then Steroids. How do you think Jimmy Rollins hit so many Home Runs this year? He's a tiny guy, but he improved his technique and started smackin em out of the park. That's not to say the record isn't tainted. Barry Bonds does wear a specific "protective" piece of equipment over his right elbow that could easily influence several times the amount of Home Runs hit by steroids. It allows Barry to swing with all his steroid-enhanced power without feeling recoil. Yes, the record is tainted, by steroids aren't the only culprit.

[Violet]

Wow, that's so fucking lame. I mean, that's supposed to be a freakin token. I tell you, the IRS is a bunch of money grubbing assholes. GO MAKE YOUR OWN MONEY >=O

[Krillin]

Of course the IRS is money-grubbing: They have to pay for millions upon millions of seniors' retirements and medical care. They have to pay for people who can not work. They have to build roads that YOU drive on. According to law, the IRS is perfectly entitled to tax the young man for the estimated value of the baseball. I don't see what the big problem is.

[Retane]

Of course the IRS is money-grubbing: They have to pay for millions upon millions of seniors' retirements and medical care. They have to pay for people who can not work. They have to build roads that YOU drive on. According to law, the IRS is perfectly entitled to tax the young man for the estimated value of the baseball. I don't see what the big problem is.

I don't know about you, but I'm sure the people from the IRS don't run the excavator that mucks up the road, I'm sure they don't survey the land ant they arent grademen. I'm also nearly positive they dont run the trucks with the good dirt and the ROC, or the asphault for that matter. I'm also positive they wouldnt even know how to run a roller, not to mention a dozer. A backhoe and a loader would make them run for the hills(especially if I was behind the wheel of one of 'em). They don't run the asphault machine, direct the traffic, do anything to make the curbing, shovel the asphault off the curbing, have to deal with the heat of the sky, along with the heat of fresh paved pavement.

No, my good freind, the IRS DOES NOT build the roads I drive on. The only thing the IRS does, that concerns the roads as far as I'm concerned, is tax the construction company that just got paid for building the road, then they go and tax the crew that got paid for doing their job of building the road.

Now I might be stupid here, and correct me if I'm wrong, but the IRS doesn't pay for anything. They just collect money, then they give it to the goverment to do whatever they want with it.

But it's still fucking stupid! That fucking ball was paid for when the MLB paid for it, taxes and what not. It's a ball, thats already been taxed. There should be some double jeapordy tax law thing. =/

[Kami]

The FHWA, FTA and state DOTs build the road, yes funded by federal money, but not from the IRS's pocket.


*pelvic thrust*


Sucks about the dude that caught the ball, I guess that's some encouragement to exchange the ball for something of value.

[The Not Cool Not Tapion]

No matter what he does with the ball, his is going to be taxed. Stop making up what if's. The best bet is to sell it so he can pay off the tax. He's just a student.

[Waffuru]

Barry Bonds is an asshole.

[Retane]

The FHWA, FTA and state DOTs build the road, yes funded by federal money, but not from the IRS's pocket.

I've never seen any of them build the roads. Around here the counties or state contract roads out to construction companies, usually the lowest bidder, or one with the best reputation and the company builds the roads. SCDOT just fixes and repairs roads after their built and stuff. Sometimes they pull trucks over, wanting to see their paperwork too.