'WINNING!' Looks like the IRS is working EXTRA-hard to screw you over this Tax Day

Happy Tax Day, everybody!

Frick, I hate the IRS. #TaxDay

— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) April 17, 2018

And as if the IRS weren’t enough of a steaming pile of fail, now comes this:

Just in time for tax day: the IRS website to make payments is down. https://t.co/FTrXVKCA9p

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 17, 2018

Because of course.

The most IRS thing possible https://t.co/tuw3X7tq3y

— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) April 17, 2018

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/986281011779719168

It gets better, though:

Everything is going according to plan… pic.twitter.com/95bLD6Hgso

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) April 17, 2018

If the plan is to confuse the hell out of people in addition to screwing them over, then yes. Mission accomplished!

Check out those dates!

— Eric McDowell (@EricMcDowell1) April 17, 2018

The dates don't make sense.

— Waiting For KonTiki (@HerbSpeaks) April 17, 2018

Those are some rough dates.

— Ellen Jovin (@EllenJovin) April 17, 2018

?the message states outage from April 17, 2018 through Sept 2016??????

— Democracy wins (@BershodM) April 17, 2018

So from now until 2 years ago…WINNING!

— Denny Dupuis (@DennyDupuis) April 17, 2018

So in order to pay our taxes we need to go back in time? Works for me.

— Je m’appelle Jeanette (@Deja_Great) April 17, 2018

Which is it 9999 or 2016? I need to mark my calendar.

— Ed Thomas (@EdThomas101) April 17, 2018

Tonight we're gonna party like it's 9999!

— peter charbonneau (@pcharbonneau21) April 17, 2018

pic.twitter.com/QMIaQqs1Hd

— Joel McMurray (@joelberg31) April 17, 2018

Don't worry, I'll fix this…be right back… pic.twitter.com/UlaPXUjKlO

— Big Kelly (@Bigk76zx14) April 17, 2018

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/986278295057682432

Definitely not enough time. The IRS is incapable of being anything other than a dumpster fire.

Perfecto.

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 17, 2018

Like a well-oiled machine.

— Kathryn (@Katnfl) April 17, 2018

This competency definitely makes me feel awesome about the check I just wrote to this agency. https://t.co/I5HOC880QQ

— Corie Whalen (@CorieWhalen) April 17, 2018

The moral to the story?

LMAOOOO.
Taxation is theft. Abolish the IRS.https://t.co/buAAIwr635 pic.twitter.com/ILiFaYVO94

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) April 17, 2018

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Update:

Yay?

JUST IN: IRS says it will give U.S. taxpayers an additional day to file returns after "system issues" Tuesday; new deadline to file is now Wednesday: "Taxpayers do not need to do anything to receive this extra time." pic.twitter.com/dy1LGKvdWx

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 17, 2018

A better solution would for them to abolish themselves and let taxpayers keep their money.

Oh well. We can dream, can’t we?