re: Has anyone ever met or known someone that works for big tobacco or the IRS?

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They lowered the rates because they legally had to, the actual receipts are the same or higher due to inflated assessments. You can't be this dumb.

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That's not accurate. Maybe some, I haven't looked at every rate in every city, but many were cut by more than 10% which means the overall tax went down

My grandpa, great uncle and uncle all grew tobacco. No one in family grows it now. Cousin worked for RJR.

I’ve known several who worked for the IRS, but I’ve never know someone who worked for a tobacco company.

I work in tax, so have come into contact with a few IRS agents, attorneys, etc.

With the exception of one attorney, they’ve all been professional and easy to work with.

There is an IRS actuary I’m aware of who keeps on taking an adjucated incorrect position on the cost of insurance in his audits, which is then overturned under appeal. That guy is a dick for doing that, but haven’t come into contact with him directly

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I work in tax, so have come into contact with a few IRS agents, attorneys, etc.

With the exception of one attorney, they’ve all been professional and easy to work with.

There is an IRS actuary I’m aware of who keeps on taking an adjucated incorrect position on the cost of insurance in audits, which is then overturned under appeal. That guy is a dick for doing that, but haven’t come into contact with that guy directly

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I've worked with some real dumbass auditors. They weren't trying to be dickheads for the most part, just idiots.

There are a couple of dickheads too though

I’ve never really understood the hate for IRS folks. They are hired by the taxpayers to collect taxes that we vote on and pass.

Yeah they definitely all aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, at least within the LB&I group I’ve come into contact with. Granted, stepping in to a large corporation and trying to figure out what’s going on isn’t easy, and there are plenty of issues that corporate tax departments are just guessing/best estimate on as well, so I cut them some slack.

The IRS staff within the insurance practice are generally pretty smart though.

I had a professor in the tax law program who had worked as an attorney in the IRS Chief Counsel office. He was a huge a-hole and would regularly try to embarrass people he called on in class

I know plenty of people that work for “big tocacco.”

I know a few that work for the irs.

They do exist.