Re:TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing ta...
by avalys on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:20PM
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Okay, the official IRS policy is that you don't have to file taxes if you don't owe anything. What happens if you do not file your taxes, but the IRS believes you owe them money?
Re:TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing ta...
by wredcoll on Thursday October 16, 2025 @01:28PM
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I mean, it depends if the amount is $10billion or $10, but generally they start by sending you a letter at wherever they think you live saying "hello, please write us a check for $x, thanks".
Then they do that... again. At some point they probably put your name on some kind of list of Bad Taxpayers but unless we're talking millions here they probably aren't sending agents after you in specific.
The irs is neither heavy handed nor particularly quick to issue penalties.
There is an extremely effective and powerful alliance between certain republican politicians and tax industry corporations that work to convince people taxes are hard and the gov can't do them and they need an agent.
It works.