Even if you know you have no tax to pay, you have to complete and send back the tax return.

BBC: Self assessment basics

That way, instead of giving the IRS nearly 40 cents of every dollar you make for which you get no return on investment, you give a little back to yourself by setting up an entity that is charitable and deductible.

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You hand out invitations to people all over town (who promptly decline to come) and then when you return to him, the game forces you to sit there for two minutes while no one shows up and Claptrap tries to make awkward small talk with you at his empty party.

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Others have a no-exchange policy or demand that you return the product to one of their stores - a little tricky if they are thousands of kilomet ers away.

CNN: CAVEAT SURFER

This isn't exactly a return to hardcore chemistry sets of the past (you'll find no radioactive materials or poisons in here), but it's certainly a step in the right direction for an America whose love affair with science is on the rocks.

ENGADGET

All it takes for you to land that kind of return is a pair of children no more than four years apart, expensive tastes in private schools and family finances that would entitle you to a smidgen of aid when just one attends.

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How else is the IRS (or your state or municipality) to know, for example, that the company no longer exists if you never filed a final tax return or otherwise gave notice?

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