Tax Notes Talk
Year-End Collection: Tax Oddities of 2023
Dec 22, 2023
Tax Notes reporters discuss strange stories of 2023, including a video game that prepares tax returns and the IRS trying to seize a 200-year-old Italian cello. They also cover a trial involving forged documents and the implementation of tourism taxes in popular vacation locations.
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- A video game has been developed that allows taxpayers to prepare their individual tax returns while playing, sparking a debate over its potential danger vs. its ability to engage users in the filing process.
- High earners may be driven away from Massachusetts due to the state's 4% surtax on individual income exceeding $1 million, but there is disagreement over whether these cases represent a wider trend.
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Video Game Tax Preparation Simulator
An art collective has created a dating video game that allows taxpayers to prepare their individual tax returns while playing. The game, released earlier this year, asks tax-related questions during a date with a character named Iris, who helps players fill out their returns. While some practitioners see it as a potentially dangerous scheme to collect personal information, others find it to be a clever way to engage taxpayers in the filing process.
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