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There is independent oversight through the tax courts but your typical person off the street can't afford to defend themselves from the united states government
by ryaniscool 3y ago
There is independent oversight through the tax courts but your typical person off the street can't afford to defend themselves from the united states government.
You have an idealistic assumption that people who are targeted for audits or fines are all guilty of tax fraud. This isn't true. Sometimes is just a matter of them losing supporting documentation.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoI have had non filing and delinquent tax issues with the IRS due to life events. I have been audited. I have no complaints, and resolved all issues directly with the IRS without professional representation. They are civil servants doing a necessary but usually unpleasant job, collecting taxes that pay for civilization. Disclosing my bias, I like civilization funded.
- ryaniscool 3y agoYour experience is anecdotal. Here's an anecdotal horror story to counter it https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/politics/rules-change-on-irs-seizures-too-late-for-some.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/politics/rules-change-... The political narrative is that the IRS will be on the front lines of the battle for social equity and maybe that's the intention but I've personally experienced the realities of government bureaucracy and the overreach of federal law enforcement.