I often see commercials for services that claim to dramatically reduce your IRS debt. (no links here; I don’t want to promote them). I have seen claims that these services have helped people that owe hundreds of thousands of dollars reduce their debt to a fraction of what they owed.
What I want to know is; why do people that appear to fail to pay their taxes get to reduce their debt like this while those of us that are honest and pay don’t get a reduction?
This looks like a scam to me. Not a scam against the people seeking help from these services but a scam against those of us that pay our taxes on time and in full.
Enough already. Where is the help for the honest taxpayer?
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The same could be said of all government “incentives,” like the $8,000 mortgage break. But in the case of taxes, I guess they figure 1/8 of a loaf is better than nothing or the cost of imprisonment and lost future taxes.
Hi Robert
Sadly, these types of services are real and I think that it is a slap in the face to taxpayers. My mother is a Revenue agent. and man, I could tell you all stories! The reason the IRS is willing to settle is because, despite what we see, the government is CHEAP!!!!! They make employees pay for water! WATER! Don’t get me started on paper and supplies! They would rather settle with these people because it would be cheaper than paying the agents to actually press the cheaters harder and make them pay. I know that government workers get the rap of being lazy, but good IRS agents work practically 7 days a week, over 8 hours without getting paid just to keep up with their manager’s demands. My mother is working as I speak and it is almost 9pm. My mother often gets upset because she believes it’s unfair that cheaters get such a slap on the wrist while we taxpayers pay up the nose! And yes, IRS agents are angry about the current tax laws and are pro-flat tax too despite with the majority people think! People forget they are taxpayers, too!
Paul, Henry, Collinswood, and me would love to take advantage of these IRS tax evasion services, but none of us have any marketable skills to make any real money in order to cheat.
We’re working on hittin’ up, our hero, MR Obama, for cash from his stash. That don’t look good, though….
But I’ll keep the number handy in my purse, just in case.