You pay to live here. It isn't like the rest of the world where they have weak central govt's cause you are only bribing your local officials. We have to send the money straight to the top so the federal gov't can spend 33 hours looking for the shooter with ring doorbells only to have his daddy turn him in.
At any rate, it takes alot of money for the kickbacks and the data centers. Just pay your taxes and enjoy your diminishing freedom of speech and low sperm count.
I'm not kidding. Pay the taxes. The IRS is being defunded because of automation, not to let you get away with stuff...
Oh I pay it, but I still enjoy bitching about it.
Have you talked to an accountant about different corporate entities and the benefits they offer? You might need to pay a lawyer to handle filing your annual corporate meeting bull shit and the tax code is so convoluted you will not be able to file your own return anymore (maybe $2000 a year between lawyer and accountant) but the tax benefits are amazing even for a micro company.
The accountant and the lawyer want your income to be as high as possible and taxed as little as possible because their income is dependent on yours....(i didn't make the world this way).
Also; if things ever go sideways (divorce, DUI, jaywalking) you have a working relationship with a law firm and an accountant...just like the rich people do.