Let’s not pretend that jail is common at all except in cases of blatant fraud.
The American right wing has been screaming about taxes being theft for so long that most actually believe it, but my experience with the IRS is that while an audit is stressful, the IRS will actively work with you. Provided you’re honest with them.
They will work out payment plans that are usually less than you actually owe, plans that will not ruin you.
As a kid you’re kind of told to fear the IRS and trust cops. The opposite is the truth.
Also, if you’re a drug dealer or not in the country legally, they have special ways for you to pay taxes that are not reported to any other government agency.
But there’s a massive industry built around making the average American fear and hate the IRS, mostly based on lies and rich people fraud.
Let’s not pretend that jail is common at all except in cases of blatant fraud.
The American right wing has been screaming about taxes being theft for so long that most actually believe it, but my experience with the IRS is that while an audit is stressful, the IRS will actively work with you. Provided you’re honest with them.
They will work out payment plans that are usually less than you actually owe, plans that will not ruin you.
As a kid you’re kind of told to fear the IRS and trust cops. The opposite is the truth.
Also, if you’re a drug dealer or not in the country legally, they have special ways for you to pay taxes that are not reported to any other government agency.
But there’s a massive industry built around making the average American fear and hate the IRS, mostly based on lies and rich people fraud.
Sir/Ma’am/Enby, this is a shitpost.
Yeah that’s one of the plotlines in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Yeah, can’t you plea the 5th for the occupation field on your tax forms?
The “occupation” field is only used by the IRS for statistical purposes. You could put “nerf herder” in there and it wouldn’t really matter.