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So I just see on ESPN that the guy who caught the Bonds 756 homerun ball has to pay 35% taxes on the value of the ball...EVEN IF HE FECKING KEEPS IT!


Just wow! gg IRS.

Btw, the value of the ball is marked at just over 600k so if the guy keeps it he owes Uncle Sam 200k. SICK!

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We as the people should do something about this. Thats so ridiculous.

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seeing that hes gonna sell it anyway its not that bad...


then again your country is fking sick in the head.

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That's [censored].

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400k for catching a ball is a beat?

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who is gonna buy a ball for 600k

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the only way he can afford to pay the taxes to keep it is to sell it, that's nuttier than squirrel turds

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LOL the value of that ball is somewhat subjective, I think that 200k could easily be argued down to exactly zero by any good lawyer.

though i could be wrong. if you were to obtain a van gogh somehow do u have to pay like 300k on a 900k piece? seems pretty analgous.

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though i could be wrong. if you were to obtain a van gogh somehow do u have to pay like 300k on a 900k piece? seems pretty analgous.

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I guess if the Van Gogh got knocked by a 40" wodden bat and somehow traveled about 350ft or so and one person came out with the painting in a big mob with the painting unscathed...

sure, I can see that.

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lol @ america

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400k for catching a ball is a beat?

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QFT.
It is a load of [censored] that he has to pay 200k but he still gets 400k for free

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rofl imagine them having to make him stay after the game to get his full name and SS# down as if he just won a jackpot or some [censored]

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lol @ america

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Oops, sorry...

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though i could be wrong. if you were to obtain a van gogh somehow do u have to pay like 300k on a 900k piece? seems pretty analgous.

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I guess if the Van Gogh got knocked by a 1.016m wodden bat and somehow traveled about 106.68m or so and one person came out with the painting in a big mob with the painting unscathed...

sure, I can see that.

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though i could be wrong. if you were to obtain a van gogh somehow do u have to pay like 300k on a 900k piece? seems pretty analgous.

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you do if it was a gift, not if you paid for it

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I really don't see how they can make him pay taxes on the ball if he derives no income from the ball. The IRS can't compute 35% of sentimental value.

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I'm sure there's someone out there would pony up 1-2 million for this ball.....If i were that guy i put up a set prize of about 1 million, and if there was heavy demand for it at that prize i'd bump it to 1.5 and so on until only one person was willing to pay for it.

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oh say can you see
what so proudly we hail...

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paying taxes on income!?!!??!?! no waiiiii

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I'm sure there's someone out there would pony up 1-2 million for this ball.....If i were that guy i put up a set prize of about 1 million, and if there was heavy demand for it at that prize i'd bump it to 1.5 and so on until only one person was willing to pay for it.

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in america we call that an auction

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I really don't see how they can make him pay taxes on the ball if he derives no income from the ball. The IRS can't compute 35% of sentimental value.

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I agree, but that's not the law. If you receive a gift of land that produces no income you still have to pay tax on the value of the land. The painting example was also pretty good.

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Not a beat in the least. Todd McFarlane will pay like $4 million for it. He owns like every other mega priced record baseball.

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lol @ USA

need money for war

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He should just mortgage the ball to pay the taxes if he wants to keep it

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He should just mortgage the ball to pay the taxes if he wants to keep it

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LOL

USA = retarded

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Here's how the IRS works.

EV = (probability of him paying x)*x - (cost of getting him to pay x)

Cost of a letter stating the value of the ball and taxes he owes: $0.43 for the stamp + maybe $0.50/sheet for nice letterhead

P_pay: something more than zero

x: $200,000

The IRS makes +EV plays. He just has to make P_pay and x go down while forcing their cost up by hiring a decent tax lawyer.

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lol @ USA

need money for war

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lol @ ur third world country

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LOL SHIP THE BEANS TO BUSH NH

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I really don't see how they can make him pay taxes on the ball if he derives no income from the ball. The IRS can't compute 35% of sentimental value.

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If I paint a picture that the IRS decides is worth ~10k, do I owe them $3k for the right to keep it?

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paying taxes on income!?!!??!?! no waiiiii

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Even if he had to keep the ball?

Come on, this is nonsense.

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600K for the bonds ball. wrong.

the mcguire ball went for 3 mil

the bonds ball has to be worth at least double that

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America, the land where only the super rich can afford historic baseballs.

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600K for the bonds ball. wrong.

the mcguire ball went for 3 mil before the congressional hearing on steroids

the bonds ball has to be worth at least 1/6 that

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FYP

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600K for the bonds ball. wrong.

the mcguire ball went for 3 mil before the congressional hearing on steroids

the bonds ball has to be worth at least 1/5 that

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FYP

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fyfyp

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seeing that hes gonna sell it anyway its not that bad...


then again your country is fking sick in the head.

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Please, continue. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished? Well, allow me to retort.

Why does it seem that people just want to bitch & moan about the USA. Or, say stupid sh*t quoted above?

The reality is that people can't catch a boat\swim fast enough to get here. When was the last time you saw us point our finger at another country and joked about them all being retarded? *Crickets Chirping*

We understand, it's okay. These feeling of inadequacies will pass. You can run with the big dogs, or stay on the porch and yap.

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seeing that hes gonna sell it anyway its not that bad...


then again your country is fking sick in the head.

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Please, continue. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished? Well, allow me to retort.

Why does it seem that people just want to bitch & moan about the USA. Or, say stupid sh*t quoted above?

The reality is that people can't catch a boat\swim fast enough to get here. When was the last time you saw us point our finger at another country and joked about them all being retarded? *Crickets Chirping*

We understand, it's okay. These feeling of inadequacies will pass. You can run with the big dogs, or stay on the porch and yap.

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lol they arent laughing at the country as such, more the people in it just like yourself.

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the bonds ball wont go for anything near mcgwires

the taxes thing is [censored]
so what if he kept it for 10 years? would he have to pay taxes on 600k then on what he sold it for in 10 years?
what if it came back on the field- would bonds have to pay taxes on it?

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600K for the bonds ball. wrong.

the mcguire ball went for 3 mil before the congressional hearing on steroids

the bonds ball has to be worth at <u>most</u> 1/5 that

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FYP

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fyfyp

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DUCY?

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seeing that hes gonna sell it anyway its not that bad...


then again your country is fking sick in the head.

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Please, continue. What's the matter? Oh, you were finished? Well, allow me to retort.

Why does it seem that people just want to bitch &amp; moan about the USA. Or, say stupid sh*t quoted above?

The reality is that people can't catch a boat\swim fast enough to get here. When was the last time you saw us point our finger at another country and joked about them all being retarded? *Crickets Chirping*

We understand, it's okay. These feeling of inadequacies will pass. You can run with the big dogs, or stay on the porch and yap.

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9/11 never forget god bless america

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I can really see this turning into a lol_america thread.

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600K for the bonds ball. wrong.

the mcguire ball went for 3 mil before the congressional hearing on steroids

the bonds ball has to be worth at <u>most</u> 1/5 that

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FYP

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fyfyp

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DUCY?

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id prop bet that the first time its sold its $600k+