You may or may not know of someone who has not filed income taxes. It may be tempting each year to not file with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); however, such an omission can lead to serious consequences.
California Filmmaker Josh Kornbluth was one of these non-filers. He did not file income taxes for seven years in the 1990s. He stopped filing taxes one year when his tax returns got more complicated after taking on freelance writing assignments. He said that he never got caught, which caused him to continue to not file.
"The first time, I got very nervous," Kornbluth told reporters. "But then I noticed that nothing happened to me. The next day after I didn't file was the same as the day before. It just became sort of a habit not to file."
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