Why do you cheat on your taxes?

In My Humble Opinion
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(If you don’t cheat on your taxes, this thread is not for you. Go brag or scold elsewhere! This thread is for us admittedly lost souls who don’t do it right, but have our reasons.)

I mainly do it to simplify. I could list as income all those little interest slips from the odd savings account interest, but it’s a lot of bother and wouldn’t change the tax more than a few dollars, so I just toss them out.
But mainly I take money that I could deduct if I filled out a bunch of forms and just don’t file those, but instead overestimate the things that they can’t easily check, like charitable donations.
So I don’t tax dodge really, but paperwork dodge.

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The government already has copies of all those 1099’s with your interest numbers on them. Even so, they are unlikely to hassle you over small change.

I can’t cheat on taxes. My wife is a CPA, and a tax cheating conviction would be a disaster for her.

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This is a really bad idea.

First, it concerns illegal activities. Unca Sam isn’t notable for a sense of humor about tax cheats. Second, it violates the old guideline about not posting anything you wouldn’t mind seeing on a billboard beside your house. It’s an open invitation for second thoughts on down the line, and nobody needs that.

Locked.

Veb