THE IRS IS A SCAM

a strongly-worded, extremely biased public service announcement

THEY TOOK MY REFUND AND CALLED IT A "PROCESSING FEE" • APRIL 15TH IS NOT A HOLIDAY, IT'S A HOSTAGE SITUATION • WHY DOES DOING MY TAXES REQUIRE A DEGREE IN CRYPTOGRAPHY • ASK YOUR ACCOUNTANT WHY THEY LOOK SO TIRED • THE FORMS HAVE FORMS • THEY TOOK MY REFUND AND CALLED IT A "PROCESSING FEE" • APRIL 15TH IS NOT A HOLIDAY, IT'S A HOSTAGE SITUATION • WHY DOES DOING MY TAXES REQUIRE A DEGREE IN CRYPTOGRAPHY • ASK YOUR ACCOUNTANT WHY THEY LOOK SO TIRED • THE FORMS HAVE FORMS •

"Evidence", allegedly

They send you a letter, you send them money, and somehow you still feel like you owe an apology.
Form 1040 has more sequels than a franchise nobody asked for: A, B, C, D, EZ, SE, and counting.
You can be audited for a typo, but the tax code itself is 6,871 pages of typos.
"Estimated payments" is just a fancy way of saying "pay us before we've decided what you owe."
Nobody has ever seen an IRS mascot. We have a squirrel. They have nothing. Suspicious.

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