Estimated Taxes for the Career Trader

Discussion in 'Taxes and Accounting' started by retaildaytrader, Oct 26, 2009.

  1. spindr0

    spindr0

    " In order to qualify for a reward, a whistleblower must provide information on tax fraud or tax underpayments that exceeds $2 million in tax, penalties and interest. In addition, the income of an individual taxpayer who owes tax that has not been reported under this program must exceed $200,000 in the year the tax was due. As a practical matter, the IRS is considering at this time only tax underpayment cases of $2 million or more. "
     
    #21     Oct 27, 2009
  2. spindr0

    spindr0

    The statute of limitations is usually 3 or 6 years for fraud, depending on the what the violation is. However, there is no statute of limitation where no return has been filed or where a fraudulent return was filed.
     
    #22     Oct 27, 2009
  3. GTS

    GTS

    What a tool.

    The IRS Whistleblower program is for people who don't pay their taxes, not for reporting people who don't make estimated tax payments.

    Anyone trying to report someone else for this (from an anonymous web site no less) will get laughed out of the IRS office.
     
    #23     Oct 27, 2009
  4. cstfx

    cstfx

    Paying taxes on gains would not be an issue.
     
    #24     Oct 27, 2009
  5. As most traders lose, maybe they can get food stamps out of their trading records?
    :p
     
    #25     Oct 28, 2009
  6. So one can assume that you continuously increase size and compound your returns within your account and never set aside profits in risk free investments?
     
    #26     Oct 28, 2009
  7. LongArm

    LongArm

    No, much of my profits go towards supporting a family. Another chunk goes toward taxes. When the account DOES get larger than necessary, I move some dinero into NON-risk-free investments.
     
    #27     Oct 28, 2009