Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015)

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by jrockway on Monday August 13, 2018 @04:01PM (#17753132)

So... I apparently messed up my 2016 taxes, and the IRS sent me a letter entitled "suggested tax correction" or something to that effect. They attached the data that they claimed I omitted (indeed, Turbotax silently discarded that data), and how much I owed. I then paid them online.

I think the IRS is super paranoid about people hiding information from them, and then never being liable for the taxes. Right now, if they miss some income, you might report it to them on your return, and they get money they didn't know they were entitled to.

I thought the letter with "pay us this amount of money" was great, though. Wish they just sent that at the end of the tax year.

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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by grkvlt on Monday August 13, 2018 @04:28PM (#17753361)

> I think the IRS is super paranoid about people hiding information from them, and then never being liable for the taxes

Yeah, why do people pay out all that stupid money, when its as simple as just not telling the taxman? Really, if it was like that then tax evasion would be pretty simple...

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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by jrockway on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:03PM (#17759684)

Your sarcasm, I think, is unwarranted. I'm saying that's the IRS's fear, not that the fear is well-founded or that you should attempt to evade taxes.

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