Just to add some perspective to this taxation discussion. Eight years ago  or 
so the IRS informed me that I owed them almost $27,000.00. I hired an  
attorney to fight for my rights and the whimp simply wanted to settle with the  IRS 
for a lesser amount. I fired his ass and took on the IRS by myself. It was  
not fun. They attached to my bank accounts, put a lien on my house and  
threatened me with jail. We ended up going to arbitration and I won.  They got not one 
cent more than I had already paid. Again, it was not a pleasant  experience, 
but I had the right to fight for what I thought was legally correct.  
Personally it was embarrassing to have my name show up in the paper with tax  liens 
and my checks started bouncing when they froze my bank accounts. No sir,  not 
much fun.
 
Rummy