IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn’t paying proper wages to his deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him.<\/p>\n
IRS\u00a0 AUDITOR:<\/strong> “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them”.<\/p>\n Boat\u00a0 Owner:<\/strong> “Well, there’s Clarence, my deckhand, he’s been with me for 3 years. I pay him $1,000 a week plus free room and board. ”<\/p>\n IRS\u00a0 AUDITOR:<\/strong> “Who else works here?”<\/p>\n Boat\u00a0 Owner:<\/strong> “Then there’s the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweiser’s every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also gets to sleep with my wife occasionally”.<\/p>\n IRS\u00a0 AUDITOR:<\/strong> “That’s the guy I want to talk to – the mentally challenged one”.<\/p>\n Boat\u00a0 Owner:<\/strong> “That would be me. What would you like to know”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn’t paying proper wages to his deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him. IRS\u00a0 AUDITOR: “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them”. Boat\u00a0 Owner: “Well, there’s Clarence, … Continue reading