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 The IRS is horrible.  It's a long story, but I have a business and was paying payroll taxes to the state and the IRS.  I hate licking envelopes, so I used a glue stick.  The state envelope seems to have stuck to the federal envelope and gotten mailed to the IRS.  They opened the envelope not addressed to them (mail fraud) and stamped "Department of the Treasury" over "Wyoming Department of Employment" and cashed the check (check fraud).  Then I spent 2 years and over 100 hours trying to get things fixed and being treated as a criminal trying to get my money back because they misapplied the credit, so it looked like I hadn't paid my taxes even though I'd overpaid because they stole my money.  

One of my goals in life is to abolish the IRS.  They are criminals and incompetents.  There is nothing good about the organization. 
 Are you a taxpayer?  Most people think they are but actually are not. 
 As a small business owner of an S Corp, when we have a good year I owe more in taxes than my entire salary, so yes, I very much pay taxes.