History Recap / BreakingBadS4E10Salud

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Don Eladio gives Benicio Fuentes, the cartel's chemist who is hostile and arrogant toward Jesse, a ''thorough'' put down, pointing out that Jesse could cook way better meth than him despite his lack of college degrees.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS so that Skyler would evade criminal liability herself. While it is true that some accountants have been found criminally liable for corporate tax evasion, the IRS would need to prove that Skyler was a party to his book-cooking and willfully carried it out. [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E9Bug But since Ted did not inform the IRS of Skyler's role, and due to Skyler's own ObfuscatingStupidity in the previous episode, the IRS appeared to be satisfied with what they believed were innocent mistakes in the books and slapped a bill for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS]]. In this case, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation as the IRS had considered the investigative matter closed (criminal liability is usually discovered during the investigative process and since Ted and Skyler got past that, they should have considered themselves in the clear). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order (or through garnishment proceedings) and they would have not gone after Skyler. However, one thing that is correct in this transaction is that Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order to seize the cash). In addition, even if Ted did pay, someone at the IRS could take notice as to how someone who supposedly was broke was able to get the money to pay off all his dues, even with the "Great Aunt Birgit" story. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS so that Skyler would evade criminal liability herself. While it is true that some accountants have been found criminally liable, the IRS would need to prove that Skyler was a party to his book-cooking and willfully carried it out. But since Ted did not inform the IRS of Skyler's role, and due to Skyler's own ObfuscatingStupidity in the [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E9Bug previous episode, the IRS appeared to be satisfied with what they believed were innocent mistakes in the books, but instead slapped a bill for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS]]. In this case, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation as the IRS had considered the investigative matter closed (criminal liability is usually discovered during the investigative process and since Ted and Skyler got past that, they should have considered themselves in the clear). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order (or through garnishment proceedings) and they would have not gone after Skyler. However, one thing that is correct in this transaction is that Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order to seize the cash). In addition, even if Ted did pay, someone at the IRS could take notice as to how someone who supposedly was broke was able to get the money to pay off all his dues, even with the "Great Aunt Birgit" story. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS, after all, criminal liability for tax evasion was solely with Ted and Ted alone. The only way Skyler would be criminally liable is if Ted actually admitted that Skyler was a party to his book-cooking (which he did not, and with Skyler's ObfuscatingStupidity, the IRS appears to accept his explanation). Given that the case was resolved in the prior episode with a directive for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation (the IRS is more interested in those who do not file their taxes properly and why they did not file, or that if the filing was done fraudulently). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order (or through garnishment proceedings) and they would have not gone after Skyler. However, one thing that is correct in this transaction is that Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order to seize the cash). In addition, even if Ted did pay, someone at the IRS could take notice as to how someone who supposedly was broke was able to get the money to pay off all his dues, even with the "Great Aunt Birgit" story. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS, after all, criminal liability for tax evasion was solely with Ted and Ted alone. The only way Skyler would be criminally liable is if Ted actually admitted that Skyler cooked the books in the previous episode (which he did not). Given that the case was resolved in the prior episode with a directive for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation (the IRS is more interested in those who do not file their taxes properly and why they did not file, or that if the filing was done fraudulently. In fact, the IRS was already convinced that the filing errors were more due to ignorance and therefore wouldn't reopen an investigation if Ted simply could not pay). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order (or through garnishment proceedings) and they would have not gone after Skyler. However, one thing that is correct in this transaction is that Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order to seize the cash). In addition, even if Ted did pay, someone at the IRS could take notice as to how someone who supposedly was broke was able to get the money to pay off all his dues, even with the "Great Aunt Birgit" story. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS, after all, criminal liability for tax evasion was solely with Ted and Ted alone. The only way Skyler would be criminally liable is if Ted actually admitted that Skyler cooked the books in the previous episode (which he did not). Given that the case was resolved in the prior episode with a directive for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation (the IRS is more interested in those who do not file their taxes properly and why they did not file, or that if the filing was done fraudulently. In fact, the IRS was already convinced that the filing errors were more due to ignorance and therefore wouldn't reopen an investigation if Ted simply could not pay). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order (or through garnishment proceedings) and they would have not gone after Skyler. [[spoiler:However, as pointed out in the next episode, Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order to seize the cash). In addition, even if Ted did pay, someone at the IRS could take notice as to how someone who supposedly was broke was able to get the money to pay off all his dues, even with the "Great Aunt Birgit" story. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS, after all, criminal liability for tax evasion was solely with Ted and Ted alone. The only way Skyler would be criminally liable is if Ted actually admitted that Skyler cooked the books in the previous episode (which he did not). Given that the case was resolved in the prior episode with a directive for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation (the IRS is more interested in those who do not file their taxes properly and why they did not file, or that if the filing was done fraudulently. In fact, the IRS was already convinced that the filing errors were more due to ignorance and therefore wouldn't reopen an investigation if Ted simply could not pay). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order (or through garnishment proceedings) and they would have not gone after Skyler. [[spoiler:However, as pointed out in the next episode, Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order to seize the cash), another reason why Skyler should not have given the money to Ted in the first place. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS, after all, criminal liability for tax evasion was solely with Ted and Ted alone. The only way Skyler would be criminally liable is if Ted actually admitted that Skyler cooked the books in the previous episode (which he did not). Given that the case was resolved in the prior episode with a directive for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation (the IRS is more interested in those who do not file their taxes and why; they wouldn't reopen an investigation if Ted simply could not pay). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order (or through garnishment proceedings) and they would have not gone after Skyler. [[spoiler:However, as pointed out in the next episode, Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order to seize the cash), another reason why Skyler should not have given the money to Ted in the first place. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: It was unnecessary for Skyler to give money to Ted for the latter to pay off his debts to the IRS, after all, criminal liability for tax evasion was solely with Ted and Ted alone. The only way Skyler would be criminally liable is if Ted actually admitted that Skyler cooked the books in the previous episode (which he did not). Given that the case was resolved in the prior episode with a directive for Ted to pay his dues to the IRS, failure to pay wouldn't result in a criminal investigation (the IRS is more interested in those who do not file their taxes and why; they wouldn't reopen an investigation if Ted simply could not pay). The worst the IRS would have done in that scenario is to obtain Ted's assets through a court order and they would have not gone after Skyler. [[spoiler:However, as pointed out in the next episode, Ted refusing to pay the IRS after receiving the cash would indeed likely trigger an audit (and Ted would have lost the cash anyway if the IRS got a court order), another reason why Skyler should not have given the money to Ted in the first place. Too bad Saul didn't point this out to Skyler before his false call about the inheritance.]]