That is just not true. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/anti-tax-law-evasion-schemes-law-and-arguments-section-iv https://www.irs.

That is just not true. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/anti-tax-law-evasion-schemes-law-and-arguments-section-iv https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe... It's not like it's a line item on your 1040 "Crime: $4000". It's just self-employed income.