Years ago, when I went to start a business, my bean-counter told me to go to the local IRS office and get all the reporting documents and schedules fedzilla would require me to file every quarter and year.
The woman with whom I met dug into her desk drawer and produced a 2” thick pile of forms and “Instruction books” and began to explain the purpose of each and how often it was to be filed.
After 15 minutes — and less than half-way through the pile and shortly after my eyes crossed — I stopped her and asked in my best sarcastic tone — but with a smile on my face, “When do you suppose I might find time to, you know, actually make enough money to report to the IRS?”
Without missing a beat, she replied “That’s not our concern” and resumed thumbing through the last inch of forms.
I guess my case was not unique but it explains...
Why There Are No Jobs In America
In a perfect world the government employees would help the business owner. Each business would be assigned a worker who would help them navigate the morass of federal, state, and local red tape. This worker would also be responsible should the business be found to be non-compliance, so no penalties or fees. We have enough workers now to do this, and probably still lay off a whole bunch.
And....I am going to “assume” the IRS will lay off some people to since income revenue drops due to unemployment, and manufacturing and white collar jobs have gone over seas to India and China, and now Viet Nam.
Precisely why I sold my software company.