Opening account with Interactive Brokers as S Corp

Discussion in 'Taxes and Accounting' started by newdog, Nov 21, 2016.

  1. Overnight

    Overnight

    Have YOU ever been audited?!? I have. It's something that doesn't need to be gone through, period. Welcome to 'Merica though, glad you could come on board.
     
    #21     Nov 22, 2016
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  2. Yes, of course. In real life, audits have little impact. Your accountant/preparer handles the details. It costs a few dollars, but hey, life costs money.
     
    #22     Nov 22, 2016
  3. newdog

    newdog

    I don't want to spare the penny and you are asking me to be okay with wasting time and dollars. Hope you don't trade so recklessly :)
     
    #23     Nov 23, 2016
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  4. Well, I'm certainly subpar compared with everyone else on ET, with their 3- 6 Sharpes, few or no losing days, and profits of 3× the daily range.
     
    #24     Nov 23, 2016
  5. Yes, I have...but it was no big deal.
    I agree with Morris, you can't live your life in fear of the IRS.
    Plus, they've been crippled by budget cut-backs....chances of audit are much lower now compared to 10 years ago.
     
    #25     Nov 24, 2016
  6. 1shooter

    1shooter

    #26     Nov 26, 2016
  7. A waste of time....I'll bet one in one hundred of these forms ever get action taken.
    Reason: The IRS is spread so thin today.
     
    #27     Nov 26, 2016
  8. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    I bet very few get TB in the US anymore but I sure would not like to be the one that does.
     
    #28     Nov 26, 2016
  9. Overnight

    Overnight

    They sure are spread thin! Here's the person who gets those forms...

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    #29     Nov 26, 2016
  10. Exactly....it's just been crazy in the Washington bureaucracy during the Obama administration.
    Hopefully, Trump will just eliminate it...i.e. the IRS, the SEC, the EPA.
    All of these agencies are so cost-unjustified, it's just nuts.
    The cost FAR outweighs the benefits....a good businessman would see that.
    Obama was NOT a businessman by any stretch of the imagination.
    He couldn't run a profitable lemonade stand if his life depended on it.
     
    #30     Nov 26, 2016