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I stopped paying taxes a decade ago. The results shocked me

I ignored the IRS for an entire decade and got away with it. I think.

I was living in California, where my expenses are high, and I’ve worked a bunch of odd jobs: call centers, food service, hospitality, bartending, and so on. I went through rehab a few years ago, I’m sober, and I really don’t want to lose this job, which means I figured it was time, finally, to catch up with the IRS and take responsibility for my actions. The only interaction I’ve had with the IRS since coming clean is a letter stating that the $70 I was set to get back from my 2023 paperwork would be going toward what I “owed.” The total of the bill is still a mystery to me, but I doubt it’s going to be anything good.

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