Except this is absolutely wrong but sure. The idea that the IRS (actually state tax agencies since a lot of gas and sales taxes go to states) don’t know about

Except this is absolutely wrong but sure. The idea that the IRS (actually state tax agencies since a lot of gas and sales taxes go to states) don’t know about and aggressively target small businesses is fiction. In fact, the likes of small gas stations falls squarely in the tax evasion targeting sweet spot because they are large enough to draw enough money from in a tax evasion case, but not large enough that they will use up government resources in never ending lawsuits.