[Avodah] dina demalchuta

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 05:52:14PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: Perhaps when RMB wrote "owning the forms that misreport one's income",
: he was referring to forms which have already been filled in?
...
: In any case, even if it is not possible to come up with a practical
: haycha timtza of RMB's point, I still thank him for reminding us of an
: easily forgotten d'Oraisa which we should at the very least be aware of.

And recall, it's not only a deOraisa, it's a to'eivah. Having the tools
to cheat, even if one doesn't actually cheat in business, is a to'eivah.

Say someone fills out a second set of books that never get looked at --
he was oveir the issur. Or filled out the 1040 but didn't yet decide
whether to file it or an honest one and still keeps it around until he
does -- he was already oveir.

Or if he does use it -- that would be two distinct issurim violated.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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