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Reminds me of taking my oldest son to an all-you-can-eat buffet.

The IRS has cut its own throat by pursuing corrupt and illegal practices and then trying the childish method of hiding. The IRS has been "soaking" the taxpayers of this country for years. Inefficiencies, wasteful spending, stupid and arcane process for choosing audits, etc.. The only thing that officials in a government agency pay attention to is cuts in the budget that reduces the amount of money they can waste. I agree that it makes the job of the IRS more difficult, but if the IRS had been doing an adequate and ethical job, this would not be happening. Bottom line, all of us suffer for the poor way the IRS has been directed and worked for decades that have brought around these cuts. The frauds and tax cheats get away and the rest of us have to pay. FIRE KAREN HAWKINS!!

It was the United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT that made the ruling. It upheld the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruling against the IRS. The IRS chose NOT to send it to the Supreme Court. Here is reality. What the courts have ruled and what the IRS, essentially Karen Hawkins, believe are two entirely different things. I heard her speak about the new "voluntary" Annual Filing Season Program at the IRS Nationwide Forum in Chicago. She thinks she is above the law and the courts. She is pressing forward with no regard to the court rulings. Stand by for more "shots" at the un-enrolled preparers from her office.... If she/they could just implement a plan to actually stop the fraud and incompetence, I would be all for it. All that has been done is just political FLUFF.

There, they're, their now, let's not get two excited.

Thats grate. No 2 ways about it. Literally rolling in the floor. LOLing.

I agree, the budget is really the only tool that Congress has to control them. Only a short-term option, but when the leadership has gotten this corrupt, desperate measures are called for. Stop protecting the law-breakers, cooperate with Congressional Oversight committees, and then as soon as the rot is cleared out and the sunshine is allowed in, they will get their budget restored. PS I apologize if this seems political, but this is not really about politics, it's about being able to trust the government agency that has been given the most rights to intrude into the privacy of every American of our entire government. The only part of government where you are 'guilty until you prove your innocence' if they say you are, with the power to go into your bank records without getting a court order first, etc.

I've been a Weird Al fan for ages, but this is now my absolute # 1 fav of all his songs. BTW, if you ever have the chance, his live show is a 'don't miss' for sure. I saw it last summer, and it was fantastic.

I thought number 10 was a very good analogy!

I want one of those!

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That may be so, but I have found that often the client will make a correction either on the organizer or verbally. It seems that nobody wants to be a "nobody" doing "nothing".; even if the answer is retired. Home Maker, Student, Self-Employed and others work well when in doubt. After all, we are working for the client, not the IRS. Often clients DO care.

I borrowed this from another website. "Since the IRS says my single member LLC is a disregarded entity, does that mean I don't have to pay any taxes?"