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From: tep@tots.UUCP (Tom Perrine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Substandard Amiga software from Oxxi
Message-ID: <117@tots.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 90 22:49:07 GMT
References: <1017@wet.UUCP>
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Organization: Logicon, Inc., San Diego, California
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In article <1017@wet.UUCP> mcw@wet.UUCP (Martin Warnett) writes:
>Just got a flyer in the mail from Oxxi about some bugs
>in their Tax Break software. Unfortunately my tax return
>is in the mail and it's wrong!
>
>Ok you have probably guessed by now that the reason I am so
>mad is that I am not going to get the refund tax break said
>I was, Unless of course the IRS computers have the same bugs :-)

I'm not a lawyer or a tax wiz and I know this isn't net.irs.rip-off,
but on the subject of using your Amiga for tax purposes...

You can file an amended tax return up to several years later. I'm not
a tax wiz, but I would strongly recommend that you file such a return
ASAP. Just in case the IRS decides to audit you or impose other
penalties. In any case, hold on to the flyer you got and make it part
of your tax records for this year, in case they come after you next
year, etc.

When I use software for anything that may have legal ramifications
(wills, taxes, contract WP), I keep not only the data disk, but the
actual floopy disk that holds the exact version of the program that I
used to produce the information. If there is an audit later, and there
is a bug, I have evidence that there was an error in the program. It's
not perfect, but would probably be admissible on a "best evidence"
ruling, and is at least indicative of error, as opposed to fraud.

Tom Perrine (tep)
Logicon (Tactical and Training Systems Division) San Diego CA (619) 455-1330
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