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Now Musk and his DOGE dorks can peek at your private tax returns. (www.dailykos.com)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“Are you sick of being targeted and harassed by the I.R.S.? Well maybe it’s time that somebody audited them for a change!” Trump wrote.

That's something that has never happened to a significant portion of American citizens. The only people I see complain about it are either sovcits or really bad businessmen.

[–] Mirshe 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is definitely signaling to the former Tea Partiers and sovcits and suchlike. For some reason none of them can understand that "I don't need to pay any taxes, ever again, and neither should you" tends to get the IRS' attention.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In my industry I've worked as a contractor and an employee. The very first year I worked as a contractor, my wife and I were audited. Being audited increases your likelihood to be audited again 10x.

So many of these guys working as contractors say they pay like 3% tax. I generally paid about 22% because I didn't cheat. They cheat it up down sideways and twice on Sunday.

They will rationalize it whatever way they like. And yes contractor employment can and is commonly abused so your employer in all but name doesn't have to pay payroll taxes. In my state that was 12% of the tax I owed. We were obviously getting screwed by our non employer so why not screw back is the common thing.

If assholes like Elon wreck the IRS, why should I pay? I'm going to file for an extension and pay the penalties if the IRS still exists in October.