” You can submit pretty much anything you want to the IRS. “
E-filing makes that much easier - we’re no longer required to include hard-copy W-2s, so the unscrupulous can fabricate any number they want... (And low-dollar short-form returns have roughly zero percent chance of even being looked at, beyond the arithmetic check...)
$1570 is a “low-dollar” return?
$3.3 million / 2100 returns = ~$1570.