Scratch, DCP, and the IRS

[_Mister Scratch]

I still wonder, for example, if the 20K was actually in excess of DCP's salary, but he arranged for it to be funneled back into apologetics.

I didn't. (What nonsense.)

Why is it nonsense? Do you mean to say that you have never "donated" the money you made back into FARMS/apologetics?

I also wonder why the accountant who filed those 990 forms was fired.

Jersey Girl's description of you as a "gossip whore" was right on target.

The reasons for his dismissal are absolutely none of your business.

Then you should never have brought it up. As I recall, you mentioned it (on another thread) in an effort to divert attention away from yourself.

[Guest]

at the time of the 990 form in question, FARMS was not a part of BYU.

As even Wikipedia knows, FARMS was affiliated with BYU beginning in 1997. (In fact, formal institutional links go back even before that.)

And, just because Liz---or whomever---did not put the right information on the form does not make it kosher.

Unbelievable.

Scartch is apparently unfamiliar with how universities work, so, in Scartchworld, it's all lies and corruption.

Furthermore, DCP and other apologists have denied up and down, over and over again, that they receive no money of any kind for apologetics. Once again: this just isn't true.

I have never, ever, not once, said that I've never received any money at all for anything I've ever done in apologetics.

But I've never been paid $20,000 during any year, nor anything even close to that.

[_Daniel Peterson]

Why is it nonsense? Do you mean to say that you have never "donated" the money you made back into FARMS/apologetics?

I've made small donations, or failed to claim expenses, on numerous occasions. But I've never directed an accountant to pour my money back into FARMS. Not $20K. Not anything.

Jersey Girl's description of you as a "gossip whore" was right on target.

The reasons for his dismissal are absolutely none of your business.

Then you should never have brought it up. As I recall, you mentioned it (on another thread) in an effort to divert attention away from yourself.

I mentioned it to suggest that the IRS form may not be inerrant.

Beyond that, the accountant's employment history and our grounds for dismissing him are absolutely none of your concern.

[_harmony]

Why is it nonsense? Do you mean to say that you have never "donated" the money you made back into FARMS/apologetics?

I've made small donations, or failed to claim expenses, on numerous occasions. But I've never directed an accountant to pour my money back into FARMS. Not $20K. Not anything.

Okay.

Can we bury this now? Scratch made a statement; Daniel denied it. This continual hounding is just wrong.

Asked and answers, for hell's sake! Let... it... go!

[_JustMe]

I second Harmony. Scratch for Pete sake knock it off already. You are really, REALLY becoming a bore. And yes, I already have stopped reading your tripe. You have no fear along that avenue. Now then, I was just starting to have good conversations with beastie and Jersey Girl, where was I? LOL!

[_Dr. Shades]

Scratch for Pete sake knock it off already. You are really, REALLY becoming a bore. And yes, I already have stopped reading your tripe.

If you have already stopped reading his stuff, then how do you know whether he's becoming a bore?

[_JustMe]

Scratch for Pete sake knock it off already. You are really, REALLY becoming a bore. And yes, I already have stopped reading your tripe.

If you have already stopped reading his stuff, then how do you know whether he's becoming a bore?

Because he chooses to write nothing less than boring. His is the most unsubstantial gossip on the internet. It is irrelevant what subjects, or what he writes. It's a foregone conclusion. lol......

[_Jersey Girl]

Thanks, Mister Scratch and Daniel Peterson, for your replies.

Mr. Scratch: Just to be sure I'm properly grasping things, if the 990 form had been more clearly labeled, e.g. "$20,000: Dept. of Asian & Near Eastern Languages, BYU, re. compensation for services of Daniel Peterson," as opposed to merely "$20,000: Daniel Peterson," would your opinion of all this be different?

Yes, it would. As Liz points out, it is not terribly uncommon for money to "change hands," as it were, within a University. However, at the time of the 990 form in question, FARMS was not a part of BYU. And, just because Liz---or whomever---did not put the right information on the form does not make it kosher.

Furthermore, DCP and other apologists have denied up and down, over and over again, that they receive no money of any kind for apologetics. Once again: this just isn't true.

Can this thread be split off?

I'm really sick of this.

[_Yoda]

Can this thread be split off?

I'm really sick of this.

Only because I love you! ;)

[_Yoda]

Moderator Note--Thread split from Jersey Girl's Apologetics thread.