On Sunday 24 October 2004 09:40 pm, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >>> snip > *NOTICE* IANAL! This sounds exactly like tax fraud! He wants to claim > to have spent some amount of money for this OS on his taxes, when in > fact he has spent nothing. He then wants to split that savings with the > "person" who may (or may not have) actually "supplied" him with the OS > for no cost to him. Sounds like a combination of tax fraud and money > laundering to me. But, then again, I Am Not A Lawyer.... It sounds to me like the OP has all the makings of a great corporate tax lawyer. :^) -- cmg