Can you imagine doing Kellyanne’s taxes? All those “alternative receipts” and “alternative deductions”? And her “alternative dependents” (buying them cat food doesn’t make them dependents – unless they’re your parents)!
Y’all know that the feds already have all the info you report on your 1040s, right? 90% of us just take the standard deduction instead of itemizing, so they don’t need to see your receipts. Plus, due to withholding, they also already have your money. And if their calculations of what you owe on your taxes differ from your own, what do you suppose are the odds any court of law will believe yours? So why don’t we just let the IRS do all the paperwork on their computers and send us our refund checks in January?
That wasn’t a rhetorical question. It has an actual answer. The idea has been floated constantly in Congress for decades but always runs into the stone wall of the right-wing group Americans for Tax Reform insisting that income taxes should be as painful as possible so people will hate them even more. So, next time you’re cursing the need to go thru all the unnecessary BS, blame Grover Norquist. He’s got that coming and more.
The only plan that really makes any sense is a 15 to 20% flat tax. Cases of extreme poverty or catastrophic misfortune would pay no tax. The IRS would still be necessary to prevent fraud. Since it makes sense; it will never happen!
The poor don’t have enough money to pay Federal income tax, the Rich have too much influence to pay as much as they should so they pay very very little up to and including zero.
Dtroutma about 7 years ago
Taxed by wire?
Bilan about 7 years ago
Put your net income in quotes and the IRS may put you in stripes.
somebodyshort about 7 years ago
At first I read that as “Joe’s Tax Perp”
somebodyshort about 7 years ago
Love the bottle book ends !!
derdave969 about 7 years ago
Always has been and always will be “creative” reporting on tax forms.
Masterskrain Premium Member about 7 years ago
Well, it works INSIDE the D.C. beltway…
Can't Sleep about 7 years ago
Can you imagine doing Kellyanne’s taxes? All those “alternative receipts” and “alternative deductions”? And her “alternative dependents” (buying them cat food doesn’t make them dependents – unless they’re your parents)!
BiathlonNut about 7 years ago
Tax law? Now I know why it is called the CRIMINAL justice system.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 7 years ago
Y’all know that the feds already have all the info you report on your 1040s, right? 90% of us just take the standard deduction instead of itemizing, so they don’t need to see your receipts. Plus, due to withholding, they also already have your money. And if their calculations of what you owe on your taxes differ from your own, what do you suppose are the odds any court of law will believe yours? So why don’t we just let the IRS do all the paperwork on their computers and send us our refund checks in January?
That wasn’t a rhetorical question. It has an actual answer. The idea has been floated constantly in Congress for decades but always runs into the stone wall of the right-wing group Americans for Tax Reform insisting that income taxes should be as painful as possible so people will hate them even more. So, next time you’re cursing the need to go thru all the unnecessary BS, blame Grover Norquist. He’s got that coming and more.
kodj kodjin about 7 years ago
The only plan that really makes any sense is a 15 to 20% flat tax. Cases of extreme poverty or catastrophic misfortune would pay no tax. The IRS would still be necessary to prevent fraud. Since it makes sense; it will never happen!
kaffekup about 7 years ago
I decided not to pay any taxes this year. That way, I’ll be “smart”.
Right?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 7 years ago
The poor don’t have enough money to pay Federal income tax, the Rich have too much influence to pay as much as they should so they pay very very little up to and including zero.
dflak about 7 years ago
Paying taxes is for losers.
Masterskrain Premium Member about 7 years ago
From the Donald Drumpf – Leona Helmsley school of thought; “Taxes? My dear, only the LITTLE PEOPLE pay taxes!”
lindz.coop Premium Member about 7 years ago
Don’t file at all…it’s the latest thing.