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#52 Jul 17 2010 at 7:05 AM Rating: Good
knoxxsouthy wrote:
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If I recall correctly, banks are required to report deposits of greater than $10,000 to the IRS. I'm sure they had a method in place to keep you from opening forty bank accounts of $9,999.00 as well


I'm not sure they do. Say I open 10 different accounts in nashville, 10 in atlanta, 10 in charlotte, well you get the picture. As long as you don't open them all the same day I wouldn't see where the feds would be able to keep track of it.


The feds are always able to "keep track of it", post-Patriot Act. Deposits over ten grand just set off red flags, paperwork gets filed and, potentially, investigation ensues.

Anyway, if you really want to launder money you just need to have property. Open a line of credit based upon your equity built and make sure all your payments are less than ten grand. It's good because every time you pay it down it becomes available again, and you don't end up with some teeming bank account you can't explain.

And honestly, I could find a half-eaten baby in the satchel along with the money, and I'd still keep it. The money, that is. My appetite demands whole babies.
#53 Jul 17 2010 at 11:21 PM Rating: Good
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JayRams wrote:
Legally speaking, blah blah blah...


Legally it doesn't matter what happens only what you can prove.
#54 Jul 18 2010 at 10:22 PM Rating: Decent
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I couldn't be bothered.

That amount of cash money would be sweet, but sweating the next 6 months to a year of my life worrying about the mob, the irs, a hobo with a knife looking for his missing cash filled satchel (and a burlap sack on his head) would be pretty not good.

Either you stash it in a safety deposit box and sit on it, spend in small amounts over time all while sweating it though more than likely its safe and no one knows or you suck it up consult an actual lawyer (not an e-lawyer) and report the missing money, wait the time and then take whats is left after the government takes a nice sloppy bite out of it. If you can't enjoy the money and it only brings you grief and stress then whats the point?
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#55 Jul 19 2010 at 3:51 PM Rating: Good
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Barkingturtle wrote:
The feds are always able to "keep track of it", post-Patriot Act. Deposits over ten grand just set off red flags, paperwork gets filed and, potentially, investigation ensues.


Deposits over ten grand have been flagged for a long time. After 9/11, deposits just under 10k get flagged as well. And they get flagged with the "this guy looks like he's laundering money" flag instead of the "hey IRS, you might want to make note of this" flag, which is kinda worse. Does anyone really think that the banks and the government don't know that you know that amounts under 10k don't get flagged for IRS notice and therefor look specifically for deposits and withdrawals that are just under that amount?


As to the original question, I'd just report it as found money. After a set amount of time, if no one claims it, it's yours. Most often, no one does. You have to pay taxes on it, but who cares? It's free money from your perspective anyway. I'd rather have 150k of post-tax money than 250k of non-taxed money that I'd be worrying about from now on.
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