I just put a letter to the IRS in my folio of things to do when I'm gone.

The envelope contains a letter and two bucks for unpaid taxes from the lemonade stand I ran when I was about 8 years old. It is to be mailed upon my demise.

I am now a contrite old man that wants to settle up and clear my conscience. As a small child I willingly and knowingly embarked on a life of crime by opening a sidewalk lemonade stand.

I will now admit that I ran the lemonade stand without the proper business license(s?), no insurance, and no board of health inspections. On top of that I skipped out on taxes.

If I recall correctly I made a profit of about 20 cents (Big money for a little kid back in 1959) I looked up the 1959 tax rate and it was 10%. I figure that with penalties and interest that the leftover $1.98 should cover it. 

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