Here’s something to while away those hazy summer days: Audit – The Tax Game (1979):
This board game centers around the yearly encounter with the Internal Revenue Service and the preparations necessary to successfully deal with this confrontation. Players try to convert taxable money to non-taxable by landing on positions which contain various tax shelters and credits.
(Hat Tip: taxalicious.)
2 responses to “Audit — The Tax Game”
I’ve actually never heard of this game before (well it is dated to 1979). I’m sure the average Joe wouldn’t find it the least bit interesting, but us “nerdy” tax professionals might actually get a kick out of it. Although most Americans would find enduring a “real life” IRS audit to be one of the most stressful times in their lives, taking on the perspective that an audit is an interactive “game” might actually help you survive one. A good friend of mine (who happens to be VERY successful at helping taxpayers “survive” an IRS audit) once shared his audit “strategy” with me: First, you bring ALL the documents the examiner has requested to the audit. Second, YOU talk the entire time about ANYTHING but the audit. Lastly, anytime you’re asked a specific question by the examiner, say “Actually, I don’t know. Let me make a note of that and I’ll get that information to you as quickly as I possibly can.” Something to think about at least.
I’ve actually never heard of this game before (well it is dated to 1979). I’m sure the average Joe wouldn’t find it the least bit interesting, but us “nerdy” tax professionals might actually get a kick out of it. Although most Americans would find enduring a “real life” IRS audit to be one of the most stressful times in their lives, taking on the perspective that an audit is an interactive “game” might actually help you survive one. A good friend of mine (who happens to be VERY successful at helping taxpayers “survive” an IRS audit) once shared his audit “strategy” with me: First, you bring ALL the documents the examiner has requested to the audit. Second, YOU talk the entire time about ANYTHING but the audit. Lastly, anytime you’re asked a specific question by the examiner, say “Actually, I don’t know. Let me make a note of that and I’ll get that information to you as quickly as I possibly can.” Something to think about at least.