[Noisebridge-discuss] Block over email for noise pollution

[Andy Isaacson]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:08:50AM -0700, Ian Atha wrote:
> Please refrain from making definitive interpretive statements of the
> tax code on a public permanently-archived mailing lists unless you're
> a registered tax professional :).

Indeed, in my email I specifically avoided trying to interpret the tax
code; that's the job of our lawyer (who we try to bother as little as
possible) and our accountants (likewise).  We have a fairly simple
process currently, which stays well within the bounds of legality, and I
consider that a feature.

Attempting to finesse the gray areas of legality is a waste of time and
money, IMO, and while everyone is welcome to spend their time and money
however they want, I have better things to do.  So I won't be responding
to discussions of the form "well logically if the tax code says $FOO
doesn't that mean $BAR?"  Tax law is not logical, hacking it is risky,
and I don't want to bother.  This is not an area in which innovation is
rewarded.

-andy