# Could you a felon? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348 "2017-03-04T00:06:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/21 "2017-03-04T12:21:36Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Which raises the question: Just how much “creativity” on a tax return rises to the level of a (Federal) felony? > > As stated above, simple math errors don’t. Rounded numbers? Deducting a regular monthly expense for which you happened to lose June’s invoice but have the other 11? Inventing a totally fake deductible expense? Inventing a totally fake dependent? Ignoring most of your under-the-table income? Filing somebody else’s return with made-up numbers to capture their refund? > > Where is the line? That’s The IRS’s decision, and they take on a case-by-case basis. They don’t just arrest you , rather ask you to justify things first. They’re also pretty reasonable about it: a couple of lost receipts won’t make a difference. A major factor is the amount of money involved. If it’s $10, it’s not worth their effort. If it’s $10,000, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/22 "2017-03-04T12:43:24Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > [Very felon](https://youtu.be/ADKfrKhTvlI) Well, THAT was certainly a crime. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/23 "2017-03-04T14:10:16Z")
🎵Gin a felon meet a felon Comin thro’ the jail, Gin a felon punch a felon, Need a felon cry?🎵 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/24 "2017-03-04T15:38:08Z")
What do you call a Benedictine who cheats on his taxes? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/25 "2017-03-04T15:44:47Z")
Forgiven? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/26 "2017-03-04T16:44:29Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > What do you call a Benedictine who cheats on his taxes? Felonius Monk\*. 🙂 Bravo. That was a good one. - [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk) for the folks who still don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/27 "2017-03-04T16:53:15Z")
Each year, despite the shopworn promises that they are going to make tax forms simpler, the length of our 1040 and attachments increases. Last year it was 112 pages. This year I found out there’s a whole new form we need to add, so it will break 120 pages. We do them ourselves, and we are scrupulously honest. If anything we always err on the side of losing money. Don’t have a clear receipt for a deduction? Fuck it, we don’t claim it. My time does have a serious value, and so does my stress. When I click to send that form off there is no fear that if I’m audited I will be having to “um” and “err” my way through an audit in someone’s office downtown. We’ve been audited twice, and each time passed with flying colors. Once they gave us money back and interest. Both times the only worry I had was the IRS complete lack of communication. “We are freezing your refund. Why, we cannot say. How long, we do not know. What the next steps are, ah, yes, that is a quandary, is it not?” Seriously, their letters and phone droids were about that bad. When after 4 months I finally could speak to a human about releasing a refund, she said in effect “WTF? Why was this even flagged? What a waste a time.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/28 "2017-03-04T17:08:12Z")
I once drained a [felon](http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/782537-treatment) on a felon. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/29 "2017-03-04T17:28:03Z")
That was cool. All that was lacking was an explicit definition of the term. Non-medics can read this: [Whitlow - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitlow) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/30 "2017-03-04T23:12:58Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Could you a felon? > Would you a felon? > On a rail or in a jail? > With a ram or on the lam? I would not, could not, on a boat I would not, could not, with a goat ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/31 "2017-03-05T00:47:52Z")
[How is babby formed?](https://youtu.be/Ll-lia-FEIY) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/32 "2017-03-05T01:59:49Z")
Feloning is actually against the law in Singapore and most US bible-belt states even if the couple are married. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/33 "2017-03-05T05:25:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Feloning is actually against the law in Singapore and most US bible-belt states even if the couple are married. Autofeloning is tricky for most people. Ya gotta be really limber. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/34 "2017-03-05T15:14:44Z")
Is this something dirty in French (_á felon_)? Spanish, maybe? Huh, is it? Come on, TELL ME! _PLEEEEASE!_ ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/35 "2017-03-05T15:27:27Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Is this something dirty in French (_á felon_)? Spanish, maybe? Huh, is it? Come on, TELL ME! _PLEEEEASE!_ If you were trying to slut-shame a girl from Esperantonia, you might say that she’s showing too much _felon_. And if you were a construction worker who saw a buxom Welsh girl walking by, you might say “Phwooar, what a nice pair of _felons_”. What can I say, it’s a slow day. P.S., _everything_ is dirty in French, if you don’t understand it but say it in the right way. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/36 "2017-03-09T19:52:35Z")
“For he’s a jolly good felon, For he’s a jolly good felon, For he’s a jolly good felon - His deductions we will deny.” Regards. Shodan ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/37 "2017-03-09T21:39:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That was cool. All that was lacking was an explicit definition of the term. Non-medics can read this: [Whitlow - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitlow) “This condition of the skin appendages article is a stub” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/38 "2017-03-10T01:28:41Z")
Once gangrene sets in, Honey, they all become stubs. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/39 "2017-03-10T08:07:56Z")
I accidentally a felon What should I do… is this dangerous? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348/40 "2017-03-10T10:20:23Z")
It a felony if you burning they dog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-a-felon/781348.md?page=3)