IRS rules say that if you make money in illegal activity you must still pay taxes (think Al Capone) on your profits. Usually profits are defined as revenue minus expenses, but IRS rule 280E says if you are engaged in illegal activity you may not deduct your expenses. Those in the marijuana business have to pay federal income tax on their total revenues, not just the profits. One expense that the IRS does not allow in these cases is taxes paid to...
A few days ago I got a call from my cardio surgeon's office that suggested I was going to have my "procedure" much sooner than I expected. I expressed concern because it looked to me that something had gone wrong somewhere. Later, they tried to change it and I balked because I need to arrange transportation on/off the peninsula. We were at a standoff with the next available date being the next week. Fine. I'll continue to work my options. Today...
I'm at Pt Hudson in Port Townsend for the week as a vacation from the SKP park. The Bennets are here, too. It's hot, and muggy. Quite unusual and uncomfortable around here. And it should stay that way all week. At least there's usually a breeze at the point.
The good news was not there, so I'm in for heart surgery in two weeks. Whoopee. My cardiologist has been great in understanding and accommodating my travel lifestyle. While I've reminded him that while I like my style, it is flexible by definition so he needn't get too concerned about it. But he sticks to getting everything fixed up so I can take off for the winter. . Others I met in the medical profession aren't so understanding. They have a...
The salmon lunch was excellent, and it was a treat to see the RV park at Whidbey Naval Air Station. The view was obscured for a while by fog, but it thinned out as the day went on and there was plenty to see. A surprise was that Steve and Sandy appeared. Well, the surprise was on me because the others had worked this out without telling me. I knew that we'd meet up sometime this summer (I think we parted company at Quartzsite), but I thought...