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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar 2 - Electric Boogaloo-Fanboys gone WILD-too many hyphens

Do you enjoy pie?

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"Computer, reset timer called "30 days till filming" from 30 days to 240 days and restart! "

"Computer, create a new timer called "270 days till 501c3 status", with a reminder to research progress at 180 days. Initiate and start countdown!"

So I wonder how long it will be before they suddenly realize that A. this is going to bring production on the movie to a halt until they get moved and B. they don't actually have enough money and need more?
I just knew something was going to come along that would would drag all of this out longer, and now I think we know what it is.

"Computer, pause "30 days till filming" and "270 days till 501c3 status" countdown clocks. Await new input parameters!" ;)
 
Nothing to move until there is a space built - sounds like these sets are in storage and if they are smart will be moved to Alec-owned storage until the building is needed. The land acquisition and building will take years however.
 
Has anybody said where the money for this new property is coming from? Is it from the movie money, the Patreon or whatever the monthly rent money comes from, or purely from Alec Peters' pocket?
 
Hopefully the IRS does its due diligence on Ares Studios and its checkered history during its evaluation process to realize it’s all about profit. Then again, they’ve never struck me as being the most competent of government agencies, so it’ll probably work out.

Considering the IRS has been totally gutted over the past decade, it's surprising when they're able to do anything right. I doubt Alec Peters is a top priority, and I'm sure he's banking on that.

https://slate.com/business/2020/01/irs-audits-revenue-declining.html?via=recirc_recent
 
Considering the IRS has been totally gutted over the past decade, it's surprising when they're able to do anything right. I doubt Alec Peters is a top priority, and I'm sure he's banking on that.

https://slate.com/business/2020/01/irs-audits-revenue-declining.html?via=recirc_recent
This is Alec's basic strategy - slide under the radar, making enough to prevent a terrible thing like having to actually work, but also not enough to be worth CBS' or the government's time.
 
After being in business for 30 years I found it's not the IRS you have to worry about.
Each state has their own little departments stuffed with regulators. In California the most difficult was the State board of equalization. (Retail sales tax) because an audit can be triggered by association.
In a normal year you may have 50 suppliers and 300 customers and one of those companies fails to report their sales taxes which triggers audits up and down the line.
It doesn't matter if you crossed all of your "I's" and dotted all of your "T's". All it takes is for someone else to cheat, upstream or downstream, four thugs in dark sunglasses show up and you can expect to be shut down for 3-4 days while they review every file in the office.
Those are the people that will expose intentional fraud and then you're red tagged to the labor board, safety board, state franchise tax board, workers comp board, building inspector and worst of all The Waste Management Authority!
The IRS are pussy cats, just pay your fair share and sleep well at night.
 
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