TA x B I Te S I The IRS TIP l IN e
Tax
By William J. Wilkins*
The irs Tip Line
To the tune of I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Oo, oo, I bet you wonder how we knew How you didn’t report that million-two It was a disgruntled employee and we paid him a finder’s fee and anyway your neighbors around the block are calling up the tip line around the clock Call us up on the IrS tip line If you are witness to a tax crime If you want it, anonymous is just fine We’re just trying to keep the cheaters in line We’ll pay you money, yeah (Call us on the tip line if you’re witness to a tax crime, baby, doo doot doo doo doo) People think they can hide from the government But we know how your money’s spent you know it’s really not that hard to subpoena your visa and Mastercard Now you said you made only twenty grand? So how’d you buy your girlfriend that minivan? Heard it all on the IrS tip line People telling us all about your tax crime there’s a form that informants get on-line and the number is 39-49 Get your money, yeah (Call us on the tip line if you’re witness to a tax crime, baby, doo doot doo doo doo) Man, your girlfriend has just dropped the bomb on you and your ex-wife is talking too they know that unrequited love Is avenged using IrS-dot-Gov you thought you could shortchange the IrS Now we have a warrant for your arrest Call us up on the IrS tip line If you are witness to a tax crime If you want it, anonymous is just fine We’re just trying to keep the cheaters in line We’ll pay you money, yeah (Call us on the tip line if you’re witness to a tax crime, baby, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
* Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr llP, Washington, DC
SPrING 2009
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