by Chris Black
Little known fact: lying about your taxes was already a crime, i.e. the IRS could already turn people over to be charged with a crime, after which federal law enforcement could then come with guns to arrest them.
So when would an IRS agent ever need to use deadly force?
This is like some kind of Judge Dredd thing – “you are guilty of failing to report a $600 transaction on CashApp – sentence: death.”
They “will combine accounting skills with law enforcement skills to investigate financial crimes.”
“all income earned, both legal and illegal, has the potential of becoming involved in crimes which fall within the investigative jurisdiction of the IRS Criminal Investigation.” pic.twitter.com/EmyNDok1ei
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 10, 2022
Fun times ahead.