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Originally Posted by heymatty
Crappy ad for sure. Not because of the people it targets, but because its just a general downer on other people. The amount of people actually having to send a check must be pretty damn small. Self employed, people with investments, who else is sending the IRS a check.
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Payroll taxes are just a small part of it. You can also owe property taxes if you own your home and many people don't have those figured into their monthly mortgage payment.
Also there are a lot of people who are broke and need a little extra cash so they claim 99 dependents on their W2 and have no taxes withheld. Then at the end of the year they owe. If they can't pay it then it starts to add up.
There are also people who have lost their jobs and went on unemployment. You still have to pay taxes on unemployment.
With the economy doing poorly there are more and more people who owe taxes and every state is having trouble collecting what is owed them. I see commercials all the time in my state where the state is offering to work with you to reduce penalties and interest if you start paying. I have also noticed a ton of ads for lawyers that help reduce taxes owed recently.