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Occasionally I'll hear some leader in a suit say that the US has a voluntary tax system, or that voluntary taxpayer compliance is a foundational principle of th
by panarky 3y ago
Occasionally I'll hear some leader in a suit say that the US has a voluntary tax system, or that voluntary taxpayer compliance is a foundational principle of the US tax system, and that always sounds like a sick joke.
But here's this guy who just doesn't file, and nothing bad happens?
And now I see the IRS has a brand new program to start sending letters to tens of thousands of people with more than a million in income who never file at all [0].
They're just starting this now?
I feel like such a chump.
[0] https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-launches-new-effort-aimed-at-high-income-non-filers-125000-cases-focused-on-high-earners-including-millionaires-who-failed-to-file-tax-returns-with-financial-activity-topping-100-billion https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-launches-new-effort-aimed-a...
- bifrost 3y agoIf you had a good job, you're not in the same boat. Biden's newly millitarized IRS is going to be interesting TBH. I predict that we're going to see a lot of previously untaxed "almost poor" people start to pay taxes.
- panarky 3y agoApparently this proves right-wing conspiracy theories about a militarized IRS to be true ... the first thing tyrannical jackbooted thugs always do is "start sending letters" to people with millions in income who never file a return. The end is nigh.
- brianwawok 3y agoWasn’t a big chunk defunded within the year it was setup? I keep getting hung up on while on hold with the IRS, I’d give them more money to actually answer the phone
- beej71 3y agoHeard from someone you should call your local IRS office instead. Less time on hold. I haven't tried, myself.