My old college roommate works for homeland security, and we've had this discussion. He used to be F.O.C. before that, and even THEY had ways to track the shit in some database. Not all counties, but his did.
Anyways... I do not have epass, but it comes up enough on the board(s) that I posed the question.
The answer to your riddle is, "yes". Everything electronic, and running through any kind of financial institution is 'traceable' in compliance with homeland security (and even before that). Both domestic, and international.
So, best to pay your taxes. Now to the second part of your not planning to pay taxes question...
Luckily for a lot of people, the IRS is so overwhelmed that it may be 5, 10, 20 years before they catch you. By that time, the money you owe will be in the XX,XXX or XXX,XXX so not only will you get hammered in all their bullshit back taxes in fees. You will most likely end up next to Wesley.
Kinda hard to deny you should have paid SOME kind of tax on income over a decade(s).
The morale of the story is,... it's only a question of 'when', not 'if'.
