I truly don’t understand why there is not an outright tax revolt. They are sweating right now with the revenues down, imagine if millions did not file? Really, what do you think they could do? Are there that many IRS agents? That much court time? Do they truly have that many lawyers? WE could put the screws to them in a minute.
It takes about 10 minutes for the IRS to file a levy on your bank accounts to confiscate what they believe you owe, and then you have to prove otherwise to get your funds back. Meaning you have to file a tax return to show their error in the amount held, and as a result admit you willfully failed to file and are thus obligated to pay fines and interest, at a minimum.
The only way to defang the IRS is to simply relocate all your assets and income overseas in a non-US-compliant jurisdiction.