[where's_the_Outrage?]

The US Tax Code is over 70,000 pages, it is unmanageable and subject to interpretation. So if your interpretation disagrees with the IRS they are coming for you.

[max americana]

I have know people who deal with bitcoin, and supposedly the irs taxes them. So one of my buds actually went to the irs because he makes money off bitcoin.

I mean, he made the irs agent cry because the clerk did not have a damn clue what he was talking about how to categorize his expenses etc., if inded it was tazable. Even now, they’re clueless.

[D Rider]

Lower income people do not have attorneys or accountants, that is why the IRS targets them. When they get a notice from the IRS, they don’t contest it, they pay it.

[DoodleBob]

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) responded to people who are concerned about being audited due to increased funding for the IRS in the Inflation Reduction Act reconciliation bill by stating that “if people are honest about their taxes, this won’t be an issue.”

Dear Ro,

You haven't a clue. There's a MASSIVE difference in tax court. To wit...

Someone told me that the petitioner (taxpayer) has the burden of proof. I don't understand this. What is the burden of proof?

The burden of proof is a legal term that refers to a party’s duty to prove a disputed assertion. The burden of proof is generally on the petitioner. This means that you need to bring to court evidence, such as documents and testimony of witnesses (you and maybe others), to prove that the determination of the IRS is not correct and that your position is correct.(emphasis added)

There are some limited circumstances where the burden of proof is on the IRS. For the burden of proof to shift to the IRS on a factual issue, the petitioner must introduce credible evidence in court with respect to that issue. The petitioner must also comply with substantiation and record-keeping requirements set forth in the tax laws. Also the petitioner must show that he or she cooperated with reasonable requests from the IRS for witnesses, information, documents, meetings, and interviews. In most cases, the burden of proof does not shift to the IRS and the petitioner must show that the IRS’s determinations are wrong.

[JamesP81]

“The US Tax Code is over 70,000 pages, it is unmanageable and subject to interpretation. So if your interpretation disagrees with the IRS they are coming for you.”

Which is why I would never rat on someone being creative with their taxes. I would not do it myself, but I have no problem with people who do.

[Graybeard58]

The US Tax Code is over 70,000 pages, it is unmanageable and subject to interpretation.

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I know from personal experience that if you call the IRS ten different times with the same question, you’ll get ten different answers.

[DeplorablePaul]

Yup. The IRS is free of due process obligations. IRS SWAT teams will freeze bank accounts, seize property and evict Trump supporters to collect SJ reparations. Baby Castro would be proud of the scope of this totalitarian scheme.