So… you can’t do that. If you are a troll this is very sad. But if you are serious, as a public servant I could never do any harm like this to any family. Regardless of all the bullshit the public may be put out, you owe it to the society that pays your bills, (not just talking about tax dollars.) You become a public servant because you want to make society better. If that is not your reason you need to find a different occupation. The fact that I have to swear an oath to the Constitution, even though it may feel just symbolic, in order to be able to work. I guess what I’m saying is there are consequences to me doing a poor job affects the lives of entirely unrelated people’s. Cops who wants be lazy can just be security guards.

We also don’t know the full extent of the talks between Biden and Netenyahu. All we can do is try and teach our to our representatives.

Interest and penalties are assessed from the original due date of the return(usually 4/15). So yeah there will be interest. Most have been stopped but some slipped through so if you got an oversized refund you may want to make sure as they are planning to audit each instance of these credits. (Fuck them, but, Don’t cheat the government)

The fuel tax credit is generally used by farmer for the purchase of fuel for no highway vehicles like farm equipment and kerosene for heating. For some reason people are reporting the gas they put in their car for this credit. Their returns have a credit for as much as $20k. Their returns generally are low income. People are being told about this credit through means like Facebook.

For tax year 2020 and 2021 there was a credit for self employed people who lost money due to the pandemic could claim a credit of up to16k. People would claim this but have no history of self employment.

These returns are prepared either by individuals or by someone who applied for a preparer id to open a little tax clinic. You also have people who hang out around the tax places telling people they can get them a larger refund and the people don’t question where these numbers are coming from. Part of it is due to poor education on the taxpayers part and shady preparers trying to increase their commissions.

The IRS implementing their own software could reduce this impact. The issue is the IRS is not great at advertising.

At the very least Illinois makes it easy to file state. And the IRS can still lead you to free resources. I’m just frustrated since I work out of state that that red state doesn’t make filling their returns easy.

No they will done some random person on the street or Facebook. This year’s tax scheme is the fuel tax credit. People seem to believe a $20k refund with $5k income is normal.

As a member of the agency the plan that is laid out is pretty competent. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-modernization#:~:text=IRS Modernization Plan&text=The plan provides a six,mission and future development needs.

Here’s a fun article and book about just that. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling

Someone is going to have to die before they are willing to crack down. I am hopeful that our justice system won’t let him slide. I imagine the long term damage would be devastating otherwise.

I firmly believe the only support Israel should get from us is to keep others out of the conflict. The only way they could get weapons is if they purchase them. They don’t need combat support.

Attention: please go to IRS.gov regardless of if your state qualifies for this program. The IRS free file program is available to most taxpayers and is based on amount of income rather than types of income.

The only tax changes that have happened since Biden was elected were part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Aid Act of 2018. I’m not too familiar with business taxes but individual is how I make my money.

History is something we learn from. I’d like to believe our military learned from our past discretions.

You know what, I’m going to watch the original gargoyles. Through other means because I ain’t paying for plus.

One thing I’ve learned is the mouse can fucking hire. They just have way too much say on the creation of their properties.

I’m considering this and gave before but my wife always talked me out of it. I still look at this.

Thanks I’ve talked with a bunch of coworkers about what I can do if this happens. I can apply for food stamps if the government shutdown and we get a letter to explain everything to my creditors.as for unemployment I can but will have to immediately pay it back.

Honestly the job I’m in is better than pretty much Anthony else including benefits. The only job that would pay better would be sales but i know I wouldn’t last. The big issue is my wife needs a vehicle for her job. I will ask the food bank about accommodations.

My car is totally paid off so that is a possibility. We were looking to get a second one before this happened to help with us both working. The house we are in is probably the best in the area honestly and we have 5 cats soon to be 4 which is also difficult to re-home.

I’ve used the local one a few times. I work when they are open though so it is a struggle to get there for me.