You have a lot of cash.
That is suspicious.
We’re taking it on suspicion.
Maybe we let you have some back right now if you sign a ticket/confession and then stay quiet.
Fight it, and you don’t have due process or a free attorney paid by the state like if we arrested you. And it likely takes more than the money is worth to get it back.
So many people don’t fight it and put up with the theft or partial theft.
Yup...been there
Many years ago I was moving from Texas to Florida, handed my tax return over to a tax guy because I was way too busy to do them myself...
Completely forget about it, just assumed he filed for me...
Seven years later I start receiving IRS notices for that year claiming I never filed...
I had no records to back up my claim ..
The fines were 20 x more than I actually owed after seven years of building up...
I did manage to get them to cut the fine by 15 %, but it was a heck of lesson learned...