Barely 60% of Working Age Adults paytaxes - wtf?

[Joe]

I'm quite sure there are more than a few who are so broke they don't have the money to pay the accountant/tax preparer. But what I meant was that people who have federal withholding and get paid a wage (not a salary and bonus) typically can't stop paying their taxes because they have no control over it. A wage earner can't stop paying their fed withholding if their employer is not in on it.

People like these are not filing at all:
Business owners who went belly-up but owe sales/use and income taxes for the year but are now broke and can't pay.

People who made some money during the course of the year that they typically would pay at tax time, but whose situation changed during the course of the year and they spent the money they typically would save for paying their taxes.

Unemployed people who have raided their 401K's and annuities for lump-sum payments to stay in their homes and did not have the taxes withheld and who now find themselves with a whopping tax bill.

[Raven]

they are getting paid
taxes are being withdrawn
but they will never file

there are 4.8 million of them

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by Raven

they are getting paid
taxes are being withdrawn
but they will never file

there are 4.8 million of them

IRS: $1.3 billion still unclaimed for '06, and deadline looms

(CNN) -- Some people who didn't file a federal tax return for 2006 have more than 1 billion reasons to reconsider, but they need to do it fast, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

The IRS says it has more than $1.3 billion in refunds for 1.4 million people who didn't file a 2006 return. But to collect the cash, they will have to file for that year by April 15.

Does the states give a clue as to who has not filed?
The IRS estimates the median unclaimed refund for 2006 nonfilers is $604. California is the state with the most nonfilers who qualify for refunds from that year (159,700), with Texas (109,600) and Florida (101,700) right behind.

[Raven]

thats like calling the "meegra" on yerself....
yo....Uncle Sam.... we need to go back to Mexico or Brazil
cuz were having a Big wedding there.

the IRS is as dillusional as Cheney

[Raven]

by the way...i never planned on Uncle SAM paying me a Single Dime of
social security benefits... and have planned accordingly...

i truly believe they'll come up with some friggan excuse in
2017......mark my words...