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Posted by Harlan Lunsford on October 6, 2007, 10:27 pm
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Ernie Klein wrote:
>> 2. All of this points out the advantages of paying things
>> online as much as possible. When you do so, you can print
>> out the confirmation number on the web page provided by the
>> payee. We can pay 941/940 taxes online, and now we can
>> even pay our estimated taxes, both federal and state,
>> online. Thirty years ago there was buzz about a cashless
>> and checkless society.
> Are you suggesting that nobody should use banks and checks
> anymore? As long as totally paper-trail-less EFT transfers,
> check-21 scanned checks that are not legable and so forth
> are possible and happen more and more, then anybody that
> uses checks can be faced with the impossible task of having
> to produce a record where none exists.
Heck, no. Bank accounts are very necessary, both for my
business and personal transactions. However these days, the
only business check I have to write is to landlady for
monthly rent. Everything else can be paid online, utility
bills, office supplies, credit cards, taxes..... Even from
personal account, I write very few checks, and consequently
use fewer stamps from USPS.
> Are you sure that the IRS (or others) will accept a web page
> printout (which can easly be spoofed) as proof?
"Spoofing' is another word for forgery, and is in the eye
of the beholder. IOW, if IRS or others has some reason to
think you're lying to them, of course they'll take a hard
line. I dont' think I'll ever have such a problem.
ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
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