Comments for Christine Haviaris http://chrishaviaris.com Certified Public Accountant Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Misinformation Abounds by Chris Haviaris http://chrishaviaris.com/2011/01/18/misinformation-abounds/#comment-40 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:48:37 +0000 http://diyfinancialfreedom.org/?p=323#comment-40 Yes Jan, I’ve always been amazed at that phenomenon too! Perhaps we could all just take a little more care with words. In your example, the word “most” is probably not an accurate way to describe how many Americans have engaged in prohibited transactions within their IRA. “Some” would probably be more accurate. Unless the intent is to be inflamatory, and deception considered an acceptable means to the end.

]]> Comment on Misinformation Abounds by Jan Cetwinski http://chrishaviaris.com/2011/01/18/misinformation-abounds/#comment-38 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:53:12 +0000 http://diyfinancialfreedom.org/?p=323#comment-38 Yes, it’s the old “if it’s on TV or the Internet, it must be true.” Amazing.

Similar situation: I was on a webinar last night that blasted out warnings about a new Obama ruling that would invalidate IRA accounts for most Americans. Although there may be some truth to the concern (participating in prohibited transactions), the information presented was based on an Advisory Opinion, not a ruling, and the Opinion was issued in October, 2009.

Of course, anyone listening could pay the expert tax attorney $2500 for him to get IRS to sign off on an amnesty agreement!

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