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I don't have much insight into the legal end of this, but I will say I've had (or at least been involved with) "run-ins" with the IRS twice, both times were leg

I don't have much insight into the legal end of this, but I will say I've had (or at least been involved with) "run-ins" with the IRS twice, both times were legitimate misunderstandings on our part. We were in the wrong, but no actual malice was intended. Both times the IRS was quite flexible in getting the problem sorted out. It's just personal experience, but that experience was not of the IRS as a monolithic government body that bulldozes people. They wanted their money and were willing to work with me to get it.

Crito 12y ago
Yeah, that is my experience with dealing with them as well. They actually have very good "customer service" if they don't believe you are deliberately keeping money from them. They want their money, and if you want to give them their money, then they seem to be very reasonable.
mml 12y ago
Nitpick: they wanted your money. It's not "theirs" by any stretch.
- nkozyra 12y ago
  If we're nitpicking, it's the result of a transaction. Granted it's a transaction you're not opting out of, but it's still an exchange of service for payment. By any other measure in a transaction that money ceases to be yours and becomes theirs. We can argue the merits of income tax or taxation in general, but in our (and many similar) systems, it's not your money if you wish to live in the country and thus partake in this transaction.