What It's Like to Be a Tax Collector

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I'm not saying all but there are tax collectors who have attitude problems or simply ego-tripping.

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Tracy9999 of CA 9:57PM January 14, 2010

I was audited several times in a business setting by IRS agents. I met both types--a couple of really nice guys and a couple of them who had obvious "attitude" issues.

Fortunately for me, I worked for very ethical people who delighted in actually obeying the tax laws----laws, I might add, that were much more onerous then than now. We had squeaky clean books so the audits were a hassle but not a "problem".

As for not paying "employment" taxes, you absolutely CANNOT withhold income and FICA taxes from employees and use the cash for something else. Never.

Muser of NM 12:32PM April 15, 2009

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