You can submit pretty much anything you want to the IRS. It’s only when you get to the audit do they as “is this true?”
” 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...)