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
— 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?
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