* In a message dated 01-25-97, RT POLLOCK said the following:
  > allow them the use of a "not so fancy" room as their work area. After
  > all, * I * needed my office to continue to work...so that I could
  > continue to _pay_ the SOBs  !
RP> Not many home workers have that kind of facility handy, but most I
  > betcha have a basement or some other spare room that they could offer
  > the Tax Man...  Sit him (or her) right down immediately and explain that
  > you'll be co-operative BUT that the (home) office is _not_ available for
  > their work because you need it more than they do. If you want to be a
  > "really nice guy", then temporarily donate the coffee machine and a cup
  > from the office, after all, the kitchen is only a few (more) steps away.
  > Besides, doing this, you practically guarantee that the Tax Man will
  > stay out of the way... Hell, give that day-old bag of cookies too !
       Hmm.  I wasn't IRS, but once I audited a contractor in
       Baltimore.  He put me in the attic of the building next door
       with a malfunctioniung calculator and a broken window so the
       pigeons were in and out and there was bird shit everywhere.  He
       also refused me access to the files, insisting that I go to him
       personally for each record I wanted to review.  He often was
       not in his office.
       Because he was a minority contractor, I stayed the week,
       offering suggestions for improvement of his system and records
       as I progressed.  But as things got no better, at the end of
       the week I went back to philadelphia and disapproved his last
       three vouchers on the basis that he offered no supporting
       documentation.  He wrote a letter to the program people,
       claiming I was prejudiced.  They investigated, and sustained my
       disallowance of the 3 vouchers.  I think I might have done
       things his way in re the records, if it hadn't been for the
       bird shit.
       You don't have to make your auditors happy, but you shouldn't
       tick them off.  IRS can make things really hairy for you, and
       over a period of years, even if your returns are perfectly
       legit.
RP> Semper Fi
  > RTP
RP> ~~~ PGPBLUE 3.0 
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       Regards,
       Fitz
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