================================================= Expat Worlds Bi-Monthly Digest ================================================= 14 April, 2004 Vol. 6, Issue 05 .....IN THIS DIGEST..... ==== THE STORY =================== (Compliment from the Expat World Newsletter) -=Taxing Matters=- ==== OTHER EZINES ================ -=Asia Times Online=- -=Computer Help A to Z=- ==== EW SPECIAL ================== -=Free Paper PT book=- ==== HUMOR, TRIVIA, NEWS AND MORE... == -=Trivia=- -=News Story=- -=Traveller's Tales=- -=Jokes=- ==== THE RESOURCE TIP ============= -=DesktopSafe=- ==== INSIDE THIS MONTH EXPAT WORLD == -=Table of Content=- ==== THE STORY ================================== TAXING MATTERS An Invitation to Go to Jail If You're Not Careful Write Your Own Tax Break An offshore auction allows you to buy and sell over the internet in a jurisdiction that charges no taxes on the profits you make. With an offshore debit card you can bring the funds home with no paper trail. With April the 15th (US tax filing deadline for most folks) drawing close, news of a tax haven offshore auction will no doubt be of interest. For years, we have heard about the very rich avoiding taxes with the use of offshore tax haven companies. Their companies conduct t business in these jurisdictions that have no income tax. For most people the thought of using an offshore company to reduce their taxes is not cost effective. You might want to travel to the tax haven. Look the offshore lawyer in the eye, pay for the trip, the legal work, and go to the bank and set up your account. Now if you are making an hourly wage, this might be out of your reach. Zauction Offshore makes setting up your own offshore company unnecessary, in order to buy and sell in a tax haven. You do it on the internet. No matter where the goods changes hands, the sale did not happen in a high tax jurisdiction. People could do most of their buying and selling online. Presently Zauction Offshore Inc. has close to 1000 visitors a day. The reason it is so popular is because it is the world's first of it's kind tax haven auction site. The closer we get to April 15th in the USA the more popular this site is destine to get. Why? Because you can buy/sell, make a profit, and decide for yourself what you intend to do about income tax. The website takes advantage of an offshore currency called E-gold. What is E-gold? It is gold circulating on the internet. Maybe more correct to say it is the ownership of gold used to buy and sell over the internet. The website tells you how to turn your "funny" money, not backed by gold, into a much stronger currency. E-gold is 100% backed by gold. That is the only currency allowed on Zauction Offshore. No paper trail, when you buy and sell. Fred Michaeis is the director of Zauction Offshore Inc. This offshore auction is incorporated in the island nation of Antigua. The site is hosted on a server in Hong Kong. E-gold is the only currency that the auction will accept. There are revolutionary reasons that you should be interested in going to the trouble to convert your paper money into E-gold currency and use this auction. Why? Well, the USA monetary system is trillions of dollars in debt, and if you use the US dollar, sooner or latter, someone is going to levy a tax on you and expect you to pay it. Fred Michaelis says, it probably will not be a legal demand but never the less, you will be forced into paying what you probably do not owe. Do you need the hassle? If you had the money that you might have otherwise paid in a bogus income tax system, could you do good work with it? Could you help your family or donate it to a worthy cause? Could you live better by being able to spend the money that the IRS takes from you? Zauction Offshore, does not tell you how to handle your taxation problem. It just provide you with certain tools. They make it possible for you to carry on all of your buying and selling outside a high tax jurisdiction. We list third party sources for offshore debit cards that allows you to bring your money home in a private sort of a way. We set an example for you by only accepting E-gold as a currency. There are offshore debit cards that can be loaded with E-gold. With these cards you can retrieve your funds at any ATM machine in the world. Title 26 which is the USA tax code, states that income tax is by voluntary compliance. So, it would seem that if the government is doing a good job, we can comply. If not, it would be like tipping for bad service at a restaurant not to take advantage of this tax-haven auction. http://zauctionoffshore. EW Digest note: Expat World also accepts E-gold and recommends Cash Cards Gold Card. A Stored Value ATM/POS Card which can be funded by E-gold. 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"A different election result without such influence on voters is well within the realm of the possible," the office said, noting how the winner's margin in the town of 650 residents was just 17 votes. ----- Law: No one may bite off another’s leg. Country: USA State: Rhode Island Citation: TITLE 11 Criminal Offenses CHAPTER 11-29 Mayhem SECTION 11-29-1 § 11-29-1 Penalty for mutilation or disabling. – Every person who shall voluntarily, maliciously or of purpose put out an eye, slit the nose, ear, or lip, or cut off, bite off, or disable any limb or member of another, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than one year. ----- TRAVELLER'S TALES DRIP-FED: A miraculous wetland in Taiwan turned out to be a leaky water pipe. For almost three decades, it was believed that a natural spring was irrigating the lush green land adjoining Kungkuan Elementary School in Taipei. 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