Bill vs. Taxes

You lye, you are not sure; for I say, Woman, 'tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes— Toby Guzzle, in Christopher Bullock, The Cobbler of Preston, p. 21 (1716) Today I bring you news of an entirely predictable event; one precipitated by the fact that Bill Denby is a grifter, and most of the people with whom he surrounds himself are also grifters. We all know Bill isn't the sharpest tool in the shed - and you know what that makes him, to other grifters? It makes him a mark.There's trouble in paradise again, folks... We'll come back to that in a second; first, lets make sure that everyone is up-to-date on Bill's tax-avoidance scheme(s). A Brief History of Bill and Taxes I don't have copies of Bill's historic or recent tax returns, unfortunately, so there's a lot I don't know for sure. I wish I did! I bet they'd be illuminating! Alas. What I do have is evidence of him finding new and ever-dumber ways to try to get out of having to pay taxes, going back over a decade…