08-24-2022, 02:18 PM
(08-24-2022, 02:11 PM)Nately120 Wrote: My cousin has a one man business and he gets professional help to file his, and I used to do my own but now I'm married and the wife and I each now have a small side income that requires the filing of an additional odd form. I went from paying $0 to file my taxes to close to $400 for it, but peace of mind and all that.
I will say that doing your own taxes and stuffing it up so badly that the IRS can take you to the cleaners because you accidentally broke the law is one of the times you can break the law and get a pass from your fellow citizen, though...I think? I don't know. I mean, all we do is complain that our taxes pay for stuff we don't want to pay for, so I guess people who don't throw their share in on their taxes should probably get lambasted too
Let me clear, I'm not excusing him for messing up.
The only reason I even replied was because someone posted the IRS doesn't go after the little guy. They most certainly do and will most certainly do in the future with even more IRS peeps to crush the little man, imo.
Again, why would you go after the rich which means fighting lawyer/s and accountant/s and possible court date/s when you can go after people like my friend?
I would imagine in most cases the IRS might lose money even if they win if you factor in their man power time and lawyers fees.
All it took was one IRS agent and a few phone calls for them to get 10's of thousands from my friend.
