Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Man wins suit against IRS

But, interestingly, his victory didn't have anything to do with taxes.
A taxpayer undergoing an audit at an Internal Revenue Service office on Long Island successfully sued the IRS for $862,000 after he was injured by tripping over a phone cord.

William Berroyer claimed in his lawsuit that he could no longer play golf or have sex with his wife more than once a month after he fell during a 2008 audit at an IRS office in Hauppauge, N.Y.

4 comments:

  1. ...he could no longer play golf or have sex with his wife more than once a month after he fell...

    Man, that sucks!

    Only getting to play golf once a month? Bummer!

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  2. Hmm. Food for thought. Perhaps more people who are audited should manage to trip over the auditor's foot, or perhaps develop severe allergic migraines from the auditor's paperwork or his leather briefcase, or claim emotional and mental distress from the auditor's bullying questions.

    I wish I were a lawyer. I'd be rich.

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  3. Deborah....Hmmm. Rebecca's on to something. Maybe Conservative targets such as members of Tea Party affiliates and Friends of Abe should consider her wisdom. Fight fire (or in this case of clumsiness) with fire.

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