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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 228006, member: 6036&quot;]<i>smullen wrote:</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;How do they prove what you bought it for???</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>They don&#039;t. They don&#039;t have to prove anything. The burden of proof is on YOU. Save all receipts. If you don&#039;t, they MIGHT assert the sales price is all profit !</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Before we start a bunch of screaming about &quot;presumption of innocence&quot;, that applies only in criminal cases where they want to take your LIBERTY (i.e. lock you up). &quot;Presumption of innocence&quot; does NOT apply in civil cases, which are decided on preponderence of evidence, NOT &quot;beyond a reasonable doubt&quot; standard of evidence. Similar for tax court cases.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>BTW... a similar idea applies in The Great 1933 Double Eagle Debate. The government does not need to prove its case &quot;beyond a reasonable doubt&quot; - this is not a criminal case. It is a civil case, so the case will be decided by preponderence of evidence. IOW, both sides are treated as equals. </i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>In a criminal case, a significant bias assists the defendant.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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