‘The Wheels Are Falling Off the Wagon at the IRS’: Six Things We Learned When a Former IRS Employee Opened Up Online — And the Big Reason People Didn’t Trust Him What did Gregory say on Saturday? Here are a few things we learned. 1. Can the average American probably get away with tax evasion? “Yes, definitely,” Gregory wrote. “The odds of getting caught are currently going down. In 2013 the IRS audited 0.82% of returns, down from 0.98% in 2010.” If you do plan to cheat on your taxes, “The numbers better add up [and] the cross-checks better make sense with your returns,” Gregory wrote, adding that getting paid in cash, obviously, makes it a lot easier to get away with tax evasion. Of course, he advised against the practice, writing, “For me personally, I believe paying the right amount of tax is a patriotic duty.” 2. Why is the tax code so complicated?
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