Tax Day! Things We'd Rather Do Than Pay Taxes

What would you do to avoid ever having to pay taxes again? According to a WalletHub survey … 36% of respondents would move to a different country if it meant never having to pay taxes again, 24% would get an IRS tattoo, 16% would stop talking for 6 months, 15% would take a vow of celibacy, 11% would name their child “Taxes” and 2% would clean prison toilets for three years if it meant a tax-free future. 

Things people like more than the IRS:

  • Their in-laws – 42%
  • Spiders and snakes – 21%
  • Cold showers – 20%
  • Sitting in traffic – 17%

What we’d rather do than pay our taxes:

  • Jury duty – 50%
  • Miss a connecting flight – 25%
  • Talk to your kids about the birds and the bees – 21%
  • Swim with shark – 13%
  • Spend the night in jail – 11%
  • Drink expired milk – 11%

Our biggest tax day fears:

  • Making a math mistake – 31%
  • Not having enough money – 28%
  • Identity theft -- 24%
  • Getting audited -- 17%

Don’t worry too much about getting audited …According to the Wallet Hub’s tax day facts, there’s only a 0.6% chance you will be audited by the IRS.


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