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I didn't do my taxes(USA) for 2 years
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this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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Why doesn't everyone just not do their taxes?
A problem for a lot of direct action is that it requires people to make a lot of personal sacrifice for uncertain gain
but not doing your taxes is literally just the path of least resistance, couldn't this be an effective protest?
IF it were organized like a tenant rent strike, sure. But if you do it on your own... when the tax man goes to your boss and your bank and says to them, "Give me all of this person's money", you will be shit out of luck.
a lot of w-2 (not independent contractors) workers, my guess would be most, already overpay their taxes through the withholding scheme where the employer holds back some portion of wages and submits it to the government on the workers' behalf. low income wage workers file their taxes to get something back, usually from various credit programs like earned income or children/dependents etc.
i had an ex that thought they were sticking it to the man by not "doing" their taxes for like 6 years, when all they really did was miss out on like a few grand in refunds over the years.