Next scene: A morbidly obese, monocle-wearing greasy business man with a very nice suit, top hat, and cigar steps in to say "See, young fella, he ain't allowed to tell you what you owe him. That's the law in these parts, but if you'd like to know what you owe, I'd be happy to tell ya! For a modest fee, of course."

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Well thats not quite right, the IRS really doesn't know. They have a very rough idea maybe, but the whole point of audits is they just spot check a small percentage of the population to try to keep everyone honest.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I thought that was what the gubmint guy looked like. The first one to tell him stuff would be a moderately obese guy with a patchy tweed suit, a see-through green visor, and three hairs on his head. That's what accountants look like. The gubmint guy, he struts up and down and says "now I say now I say look here, in this book here I got it says in that's right in the code i said the code of federal regulations here in Title 2 Subtitle A Chapter I Part 180 Subpart F section 180.630 that a federal agency may impute the fraudulent, criminal, or other improper conduct of any officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee, or other individual associated with an organization to that organization when the improper conduct occurred in connection with the individual's performance of duties for or on behalf of that organization, or with the organization's knowledge, approval or acquiescence. The organization's acceptance of the benefits derived from the conduct is evidence of knowledge, approval, or acquiescence. Ain't that wild."