Another Reason for Avoiding a Tax Audit

From United States v. Temple, 05-0165 (2nd Cir., May 1, 2006), which isn't even an employment case, but begs to be told:

As she was being transported, [Eva] Temple continued to scream and yell abusive epithets. At one point, she kicked Montes as they sat in the back seat. During the trip, she told the detectives that she was an IRS employee, with “the ability to initiate investigations and audits into the tax histories” of the detectives. She also stated that there “were a number of brothers and sisters who held a grudge against the NYPD” and that she would contact those employees to audit the detectives’ tax returns because of the arrest.

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Approximately two months after Detectives Montes and Magaldi arrested Temple for aggravated harassment, the IRS fired Temple for misconduct unrelated to the arrest.

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Upon arriving at work on the morning of June 13, 2003, [Senior Labor Relations Specialist] Petherbridge[, who recommended and implemented the decision to terminate Temple] found a message that had been placed on his office telephone voicemail by Temple on the afternoon of June 12. The message was placed at 5:12 p.m., after Petherbridge had left work for the day. The message was as follows: “Yeah, you faggot ass bitch ass stupid faggot fuck. I’m gonna fuck you up, you faggot bitch.”

Moral of the story?  File your taxes on time and accurately.

Thanks to Paul Caron at TaxProf and Robert Loblaw at decision of the day for the pointer.

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