Most of my clients are small business owners and individuals who are getting “beat-up” by the IRS for the taxes they owe.  They are constantly berated by the IRS employees they speak to on the telephone for not paying their taxes – no matter what the reason.  Now, I understand it is the law that you have to pay your taxes and I pay my fair share.  That’s not the point.  The point is that these people who have opted to take the security of a government job take pot shots at other Americans who are taking risks, creating businesses, creating jobs and income, and more revenue for Uncle Sam.  Sometimes there is a good reason that they are behind in their taxes.  There are very few people who actually hire an attorney to represent them in resolving their tax liability that actually feel like they do not owe the money.  Most of my clients say they owe the money, they just want to pay their fair share and not the penalties and interest that accrue at mobster-like paces.

I came across this article on FoxNews.com about Federal employees not paying their taxes.  How about that as a theory for the tax gap that is constantly blamed on American small business owners?  The article states that $3.5 Billion dollars was unpaid from Federal government employees and retirees last year.