> Anyway, the government needs to collect and verify all information anyway. Eventually. Not necessarily by the time you file, and not necessarily on every re

> Anyway, the government needs to collect and verify all information anyway. Eventually. Not necessarily by the time you file, and not necessarily on every return. Remember, the IRS only audits a small fraction of returns for accuracy. Auditing every return would be a much bigger job than they currently do. I'm not saying they shouldn't, but it isn't as trivial as a lot of people here seem to think.