Re: So if I don\'t pay my taxes...then what??
as i said before, and i'm a SBSE IRS officer, odds of an audit are extremely low barring certain flags, and if an audit did happen and we found inconsistencies, the worst that would happen is a payment schedule (often not even a fine) to help you pay the balance due. we look to work with customers, not against them.
to help some of you out (and this is a common case that I see all the time) many small/shady business owners withhold taxes from their employees' paychecks and then simply refuse to pay the government those taxes. do we have them arrested? no. in fact, they are usually only contacted politely for the first few months until we send an officer in, and he/she only goes in to counsel the businessowner and help him make the payments. in most cases, a fine is not levied. and i have yet to see a single arrest while working here (2+ years).
having said that, i do recommend paying taxes, but more as a salve for your conscience as a US citizen than out of fear of going to jail
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