25 Things the IRS Doesn't Want You To Know

Tax season is here, and the IRS — the most powerful and feared agency in the United States government — is counting on you not knowing what I'm about to tell you. From a secret program that lets you file for free that they actively try to hide, to the terrifying fact that they already know your income before you file, these are 25 things the IRS absolutely does not want you to know. Grab your copy of What The Facts now, available on Amazon! Click the link to explore over 500 fun and fascinating facts! 👉👉https://www.amazon.com/WHAT-FACTS-ARE-TALKING-ABOUT-ebook/dp/B0DFNR2KHT/ Please support my channel and get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqJpFqlX59OML324QIByZA/join 🔔 Subscribe for more tips just like this: https://bit.ly/3Ewz99H 🚀 Watch our latest List25 Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/list25/videos 📨 Have a list idea? Submit it here: https://bit.ly/3Mu3gk1 Music: El Secreto - Yung Logos 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - The IRS Targeted Political Groups — and Got Caught 1:38 - There's a Free Filing Program They Tried to Sabotage 2:33 - The IRS Has an Actual Armed Division 3:31 - Billionaires Pay a Lower Tax Rate Than Their Secretaries 4:32 - The IRS Has Destroyed Millions of Documents It Couldn't Process 5:19 - Tax Audits Collapsed — But Only for the Rich 9:26 - You Can Negotiate Your Tax Debt — and Pay Less Than You Owe 7:25 - The IRS Pays Millions to Whistleblowers 8:29 - The IRS Can Take Your Passport 9:24 - The Tax Code Is So Complex That Even the IRS Gets It Wrong 10:19 - The IRS Knows Which Tax Preparers Are Committing Fraud 11:12 - The IRS Collects More Than Most Countries' Entire GDP 12:11 - You Can Legally Pay Zero Federal Income Tax on High Income 13:11 - The IRS Can Seize Your Property Without a Court Order 14:01 - Foreign Banks Now Report American Accounts to the IRS 14:59 - The IRS Has a Secret Phone Line That Actually Gets Answered 15:52 - The IRS Tracks Cryptocurrency — and They're Getting Better 16:52 - The IRS Once Claimed It Could Read Your Email Without a Warrant 17:42 - You're Required to Report Income From Illegal Activities 18:41 - There's a Penalty Loophole Most Taxpayers Never Hear About 19:44 - The Audit Clock Expires — With Major Exceptions 20:30 - The IRS Already Knows How Much You Owe Before You File 21:33 - The Tax Gap Is Over $600 Billion Annually 22:37 - IRS Employees Have Been Caught Snooping on Tax Returns 23:32 - The IRS Could File Your Taxes for You — But Congress Won't Let Them 🍿 WATCH OUR OTHER VIDEOS: ► 25 Strangest Things Used As Currency: https://youtu.be/Ojpnu7Pkfg4?si=8Pb8fjIoZ2J0NaRd ► 25 Deceptive Marketing Tricks We've All Been Falling For: https://youtu.be/MXE901O4FgQ?si=ZPyhtUcO3xi1X4Ty List25 Discord: https://discord.gg/ZcKZRspW7f Facebook: http://facebook.com/list25 Instagram: http://instagram.com/list25 Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/list25 Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/list25 Mike Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbestrin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DizMeLife Twitter: https://twitter.com/DizMeLife Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelBEstrin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikeestrin/ Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/michaelbestrin Mike's Other Channel: https://www.youtube.com/dizmelife See more lists on our website: http://list25.com Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research