Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and correspondent Ronny Chieng discuss Tax Day. Stewart covers IRS struggles, Colbert humorously hates taxes, and Chieng dives into America's bizarre tax filing process in 2023.
IRS struggles with documentation scrutiny, Colbert showcases tax form deception tactics.
Chieng explores America's convoluted tax filing process, highlighting its peculiarities and complexities.
Deep dives
The Fallout and Wasteland
After 200 years, the Fallout world is filled with violence, desperation, and lawlessness where everyone aims to save the world but has different approaches. Crossing the wasteland together is highlighted as they embark on this challenging journey.
IRS Troubles and Scandals
The IRS faced controversies after admitting to unfairly targeting Tea Party and conservative groups during the early years of the Obama administration. Despite accusations of White House involvement, no evidence was found. The IRS's challenges with email retrievals and record-keeping highlighted ongoing issues within the agency.
America's Tax System Quirks
The podcast criticizes America's tax system's complexities, contrasting it with other countries where the government files taxes for citizens. The oddities of American tipping customs, like inconsistencies in tipping practices and the design flaws of U.S. currency, including the penny's cost, are also highlighted as peculiar aspects of the American financial system.
The Daily Show's top Tax Day coverage over the years including Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Ronny Chieng on America's most annoying holiday. From 2014, Jon Stewart covers the IRS having difficulty finding the proper documentation that it needs to end the government's scrutiny of the organization. And looking back to 2001, Mr. Money, Stephen Colbert, hates paying taxes and shows how to lie on a tax form. Plus, Ronny Chieng's 2023 look at the bizarre and uniquely complicated way America handles the process of filing taxes.