I once tried not paying my taxes because I was literally $0 in the bank broke and could not afford to pay my federal or state taxes (THANKS OBAMA!). I got to the end of the Turbotax work up, cried my eyes out, and just didn't finish it and hoped for the best.
They (both IRS and state) started with threatening letters telling me how much I owed (why even file if they already know). Then they started garnishing wages straight out of my bank account. They actually did this to little old me, and I was just a very broke 20 something chump working two jobs and not getting by (and also a registered Republican; maybe that was just a coincidence). I finally was able to set up a payment plan with the IRS and the tax department of the state I was living in at the time. The state not only overcharged me, but when they sent me a visa card with my credit back, they took out a f*cking commission fee of $40 for the inconvenience I caused them in having to send me the money they overcharged me.
Up to that point, I was polite as possible given that I was dealing with the tax mafia, but when I saw that they did that, I let that lady at the state tax office have every ounce of my rage and my only regret was that I did it over the phone and not in person.
Next year, when that same state owed me a $4 tax refund, I forced them to cut me a check for it. The check cost more for them to cut and mail out than the refund I got. I enjoyed every little bit of that petty action.
That is a horrible experience! I'm glad you made them cut you a check. The whole situation is flawed. People who have lavish assets and high cash flow, can legally get their children on CHIPS. We should all show zero income and draw everything we can. But then who pays for that? I'm just frustrated.
I once tried not paying my taxes because I was literally $0 in the bank broke and could not afford to pay my federal or state taxes (THANKS OBAMA!). I got to the end of the Turbotax work up, cried my eyes out, and just didn't finish it and hoped for the best.
They (both IRS and state) started with threatening letters telling me how much I owed (why even file if they already know). Then they started garnishing wages straight out of my bank account. They actually did this to little old me, and I was just a very broke 20 something chump working two jobs and not getting by (and also a registered Republican; maybe that was just a coincidence). I finally was able to set up a payment plan with the IRS and the tax department of the state I was living in at the time. The state not only overcharged me, but when they sent me a visa card with my credit back, they took out a f*cking commission fee of $40 for the inconvenience I caused them in having to send me the money they overcharged me.
Up to that point, I was polite as possible given that I was dealing with the tax mafia, but when I saw that they did that, I let that lady at the state tax office have every ounce of my rage and my only regret was that I did it over the phone and not in person.
Next year, when that same state owed me a $4 tax refund, I forced them to cut me a check for it. The check cost more for them to cut and mail out than the refund I got. I enjoyed every little bit of that petty action.
That is a horrible experience! I'm glad you made them cut you a check. The whole situation is flawed. People who have lavish assets and high cash flow, can legally get their children on CHIPS. We should all show zero income and draw everything we can. But then who pays for that? I'm just frustrated.