IRS Now Wants To Repeal Cell Phone Tax

narramissic writes "Last week the IRS caused an uproar when it requested public comments on ways to clarify a decades-old law, seldom enforced, that would tax personal usage of business cell phones. But IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said that the request for comments did not mean that the largely ignored rule would now be enforced. 'Some have incorrectly implied that the IRS is "cracking down" on employee use of employer-provided cell phones,' Shulman wrote. 'To the contrary, the IRS is attempting to simplify the rules and eliminate uncertainty for businesses and individuals.' And in fact, the IRS is now recommending that the law be repealed, saying that 'the passage of time, advances in technology, and the nature of communication in the modern workplace have rendered this law obsolete.'"

Wait, what?

[Logical Zebra]

The IRS wants to repeal a tax law?

Who are you people, and what have you done with our Internal Revenue Service?

Sorry, What?

[whisper_jeff]

Sorry. What? The IRS is being logical? They want to repeal an outdated law? Who is this new IRS?

Re:Sorry, What?

[hansraj]

Not only that, kdawson posted a feel-good story instead of a world-is-coming-to-an-end story! Something is seriously wrong around here.

Re:ISPs as internet cops

[Drakkenmensch]

I probably should.

*shakes Magic 8-Ball* "Don't Count On It."

Hmmm, this thing is pretty accurate. I wonder if it can help me with my office's email software problems?

*shaks again* "Outlook Not No Good."

Wow, this thing DOES know a few things about computers!

How about...

[Darkness404]

How about while were at it we repeal any tax that the government didn't deserve in the first place (that they did nothing more than basic safety/defense). Perhaps then we can see lower taxes, more sane taxes, and a general economic boom.

Re:It's a pun, dude

[ncc74656]

I didn't know there was really such thing as a pissant.

Usage: Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable... [youtube.com]