By and Large, American Taxpayers Are Honest
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — At this time of year, there are just three certainties: winter, Valentine’s Day and holding off on doing your taxes.
According to the IRS Oversight Board’s taxpayer attitude survey, Americans are pretty honest when it comes to filing — at least most of them are.
USA Today reports that 1.6 million people will cheat on their taxes annually, which seems like an awful lot, although that’s out of an estimated 130 million people who file.
The survey says 12 percent of Americans believe it’s okay to fudge numbers a little bit, while about one in four of this particular group believe it’s perfectly fine to cheat “as much as possible.”
Meanwhile, 86 percent of respondents to the IRS survey contend that it’s not at all okay to be a tax cheat, while 93 percent either mostly or completely agree that anyone who cheats should be held accountable for trying to stiff Uncle Sam.
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