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Last week for Thanksgiving, my mom went to my sister's house for the traditional feast. Knowing how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick: She asked my sister to pick up something from the store. When my sister left my mom took the turkey out of the oven, removed the stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen, inserted it into the turkey, and re-stuffed the turkey. She then placed the bird(s) back in the oven. When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing. When her serving spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out the little bird. With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed, "Patricia, you've cooked a pregnant bird!!" Upon pondering this horrifying news, my sister started to cry. It took the family two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs! Yep -- Patricia is blonde!

Gillian McKeith is a Scottish TV health guru advocating a holistic approach to nutrition and health, promoting exercise, and a vegetarian diet of organic fruits and vegetables. She recommends "detox diets", colonic irrigation and supplements, states that yeast is harmful, that the color of food is nutritionally significant, and extols the utility of mapping your pimples and the detailed examination of your feces and urine. Her best-selling book is titled You Are What You Eat. She is 51 years old, and here's her photo: Nigella Lawson is a food writer, journalist and TV chef in England. She eats nothing but meat, butter and desserts. The Sunday Telegraph called her best-selling book How to Eat "the most valuable culinary guide published this decade." She is also 51 years old, and here's her photo: Need I say more? I rest my case.

Aside from the logic that any business using 5 or more vehicles at the same time should be business-like enough to keep proper records, as well as the issue you mention, you also have to remember that tax code is written by committees, Taxman. Just remind yourself that a camel is a horse designed by a committee and you will stop looking for logic There is some in there, but it's by accident. LOL

It's not logical; it's the law!

I had 720k floppies for Win 3.1, not the fancy 1.44's. Sometimes I wish we had to learn to use our computers... There is a distinct trade off between hiding the operation from the user and the power of knowing what is happening. I suppose a fair comparison is becoming a preparer versus paying for some preparation software!

>>I don't understand your reply<< Sorry. I have tried to control my sarcasm this year, but it's hard when the facts themselves are ludicrous. How come the IRS has tell our industry to be reasonable? Well, even on this forum of intelligent, conscientious practitioners, I sometimes see attitudes which the IRS considers unethical. Tops is that even when we know the client's story is inconsistent or factually incorrect, we have no obligation except to put down whatever the client says. Almost as bad is, "I've always done it this way," meaning the IRS won't or can't catch it. Not far behind is an almost willful failure to read even basic instructions and pubs, not to mention the code and regs, before deciding what the client should be able to claim. Sorry about the rant. I'm a bit edgy because I have to get eye surgery tomorrow, unless the exam today shows I am not eligible.