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I Excuses for late taxes abound Auditor has heard everything Associated Press the floor and ruined,” Huschka HOUSTON — An Internal Revenue Service auditor says she’s heard just about every ex cuse imaginable when it comes to tax records and this tax season won’t be any different. Tanayia Huschka, 39, has au dited thousands of people in the seven years she has worked for the IRS in Houston. She has heard creative excuses for mis placed financial records, has seen people cry and probably has heard every swear word invented. “If it rains an inch in this town, 90 percent of the records were on says. Most people aren’t out to cheat the government, but they just know too little about the legality of some deductions, she says. The IRS audits about 1 percent of the individual returns filed each year, so the chances are good that a wage earner will be audited sometime, Huschka says. The suspect returns are sent to IRS offices and taxpayers receive letters notifying them they must bring their records for a certain tax year to the I RS, she says. A common violation made is claiming street clothing as uni forms, she says. A maitre d’ tried unsuccess fully to claim the cost of his tux edo as a business expense, swear ing to Huschka that it had become so stained with spaghetti sauce that he couldn’t wear it any where outside of work. Then there was the exotic dancer who tried to show that her G-strings and tassels were legiti mate business expenses. An audit usually lasts two hours and doesn’t necessarily end in a penalty for the taxpayer. Of ten Huschka finds the tax paid was too much and a happy tax payer walks out of the office with a refund. It takes a certain mettle to be an auditor, she said. After years of hearing excuses, she has a “jaundicea eye” and it takes a good story to convince her to re construct missing records. It also takes more than manure to get her to not look at records. One man brought his records in empty manure bags, she says. “I bet he never thought we’d look at them,” Huschka says. “But we did.” Investigation leads to more drug charges Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Ernesto Fon seca, reputed leader of La Familia drug trafficking empire, and 24 oth ers arrested in the investigation of the kidnap-murder of an American narcotics agent, were ordered Mon day to stand trial on a variety of drug and weapons charges, the judge hearing the case said. tinned bv Mexican and U.S. officials as a key figure in the slaying ol Drug Enforcement Administration ageni Enrique Camarena Salazar, and a Mexican pilot who worked with him in Guadalajara. The action by Federal Judge Jesus s to at le Arzate Hidalgo brings to at least 40 the number of people ordered to stand trial in the case. The two dozen, arrested with Fonseca in Puerto Vallarta last Tues day, include current and former agents of the Jalisco state judicial po lice and two agents of the Federal Security Police. They include reputed drug baron Rafael Caro Quintero, thought to be another La Familia leader, and men- Under Mexican law, there is no jury trial and the defendants, if not eligible for bail, remain imprisoned while the judge takes up to a year to if thev are 1.80 No. decide if they are guilty or innocent Have You Always Wanted Pretty Nails? ANNOUNCING... Tke OxhtR Eclips HaIr DEsiqN...WELCOMES... THE 1986 AGGIELAND is NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S YEARBOOK STAFF Applications available in 230 Reed McDonald and are due Friday, April 19th. Specializing in • Sculptured Nails • Solar Nails • Mona Onyx Nail • Manicures • Pedicures • Lash Dyes SHEENA UNDERWOOD formerly of VIP 696-8700 Shiloh Place S. Texas Ave. If you’ve never experienced long NAILS, VISIT OUR SALON for a compli ed f mentary sculptured NAIL. For more information, call 845-2681 or 2682. S A JUKIGLE It's easy to lose your way when hunting for a new apartment. Now, Treehouse Village is helping to make your choice a little clearer by offering you new efficien cy and one- and two-bedroom fur nished and unfurnished apartments with a wild assortment of extras. Just a few blocks from campus, Treehouse Village features the popular two- TREEHOUSE VILLAGE- bedroom roommate floor plan, two swimming pools and hot tubs, jogging trail and tennis, basketball and volleyball courts. Some handicap units available, too. So come in from the jungle and set tle into a comfortable new apartment at Treehouse Village. Your haven in the apartment jungle. APARTMENTS LEASE NOW FOR FALL 1985. Treehouse Village Apartments. From $295. For information, visit the Treehouse Village Apartments Leasing Office at 800 Marion Pugh Blvd. College Station, Texas 77840 409/764-8892 Professionally managed by Callaway Properties. mm By A ■ ’AlllCISlI! said Madal allicist faiiu llpicme ( reverential imitation I aflieist is tltisrn.” |d ) 1 fall S] Rlligion’ 1 rein sponso iliitei (.re ■Slu Sties: irp life on e |d|ath is tin ■“An at In lellow man ■dv tin on afld of fell. Understand Sllf Cl/