Real Accountant Reacts to THE SIMPSONS | January 28, 2021

[@GregNixon]

What always killed me is when they are grilling Homer about the tax return, it's painfully obvious that they haven't even opened up the tax return envelope yet.

[@richardbradley2335]

damn...never noticed that !

[@phineas81707]

Kinda sad you missed "this machine can process over nine tax returns per day."

[@rduncan89]

The Ned one was funny because it’s pretty much pointless to file taxes before February. Source: I used to work for the IRS as a tax examiner

[@andysorensen1737]

My Mom was an accountant for many years and I remember asking her when the episode first aired how accurate Ned filing that early was. She basically laughed it off too.

[@thatnorwegianguy1986]

Question from a non American why do you guys in the states fill them out by hand ? In Norway we get them already filled out and all we have to do is just look it over and see if there is anything wrong or make sure that our income has changed or not. And we have sent them electronically since 2001

[@madisonryan7671]

@@thatnorwegianguy1986 it's an old episode most people can e-file. That being said we still have to figure our taxes mainly due to the efforts of lobbyists from various parts of the accounting lobby pushing to complicate the process. That being said our tax system is heavily politically motivated and far from transparent and thusly is occasionally subject to violent reactions.

[@burhanbudak6041]

@@thatnorwegianguy1986 ingen moms och man betalar skatt efteråt.

[@catsandalcohol99]

​@@thatnorwegianguy1986Most of us do it electronically. This is an episode from the 90s

[@collinscody57]

reminded me of my aunty who was an accountant worked her ass off all tax season to get all her clients taxes done and forgot to do her own until the last minute and apparently only finished with minutes to spare but it was online.

[@fefferryerr1818]

I'm no accountant, but if she waited until the last minute, how could there be minutes to spare?

[@NarwahlGaming]

@@fefferryerr1818 I'm no timeologist but, yeah, those numbers dont add up!

[@BaronVonMott]

As the old saying goes: "A smart person can dodge the police, but only a fool tries to cheat the taxman."

[@GeneralAdmission_1]

One of my favorite Simpsons jokes regarding money was when Homer put up Lisa's Sax on a poker game.. and the mob boss Homer was playing against had his expert examine the saxophone with one of those jewel magnifying glasses.. the expert examining it looks to the mob boss and said "the monetary value is low, but the sentimental value is thru the roof"

[@NarwahlGaming]

Is that the same episode where Fat Tony wins a violin and the owner goes away, sobbing, so Tony starts miming playing a violin and says, _"Oh, I can do it for real, now."_ and starts playing it like a champ? 😂

[@MsDarkz123]

It's Krusty betting his daughter violin not Homer.

[@GeneralAdmission_1]

@@MsDarkz123 yeah you're right

[@GeneralAdmission_1]

@@MsDarkz123 I remembered it being a violin.. but I also remembered it being homer.. lol... So I switched the wrong one cuz I figured I was misremembering something

[@Jack-1994]

Whereas here in the UK, unless you’re self-employed taxes are all done for you automatically 😇😇😇

[@o.l.ashman9696]

And in Australia

[@lilymarinovic1644]

@@o.l.ashman9696 indeed 😇😇😇

[@filanfyretracker]

once and awhile a Congress Critter in the USA will try and revamp our system, Thing is tax preppers like H&R Block and the software company that makes Turbo Tax lobby hardcore to keep our taxes overly complex on the user end.

[@edgarsandoval289]

I have a brother in law who's been getting paid under the table since the late 90s. Still enjoying not being caught.

[@MasterZebulin]

Aaaaaand now you got him busted. Hope you're happy, you braggart.

[@hectorleon465]

Because he owes child support??...

[@TurquoiseStar17]

"Why, everything! Policemen, trees, sunshine, and let's not forget the folks who just don't feel like working, God bless' em!" I didn't get this line as a kid. As an adult, it's so true, especially nowadays 😂

[@mathewmaciolek581]

I thought the idea of working undertable for the IRS is funny

[@Rusticcoolpix]

In Norway we have return free filing, so it took me less than 1 hour to check the numbers. Then I was all done. Even if you forget to confirm the forums, it will send it in automatically when it’s due. Of course it’s best to check if you have anything you have to add or remove. Then the tax office calculate the final results, and gives you an invoice if you have to pay if you owe money, or they pay you the amount they owe you. Fast & Easy.

[@hcaballero57]

That's it I'm moving to Norway, save some space for me in your room.

[@TnT_F0X]

So what I learned from this Video is We have to pay money to people we never met for, the privilege of being allowed to make money in the first place... only to hopefully save some money for the future so that we can buy things we want and pay even more taxes to these people we never met for the privilege of being able to buy stuff and then pay even more money for the privilege of being able to own stuff every year because for some reason having stuff in a pile in a specific lot is a privilege too. Also, these people we never met know exactly how much we are supposed to pay but have a big complex system that you can screw up and get thrown in jail over.

[@melody3629]

loved this! liked

[@LucasRazorBlade]

07:24 Very accurate, I'd presume.

[@RandiPoitras]

I really hope you do more of these type react videos when you have time ❤️

[@fisterhr]

Didn't know you were Canadian until 5:49. Glad the Simpsons American satire makes sense to you guys too.

[@jayklink851]

They will always get their money, from regular folks anyway. My dad's accountant made a screw up in 1978, I don't remember exactly what it was, it was under $1,000 (something about a 401k). Anyway, he didn't hear anything until 2010; he had to pay $80,000. I guess that added a fine for every year.

[@alwillk]

Doubt it was that king There is a statue of limitations on tax debt. I think it’s 10 years.

[@Iraqitranslator]

Very beautiful video , hope your video reach 1 million

[@paulg3336]

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Right up until the "You will get caught" bit at the end - that was a bit of a bummer.

[@migo5205]

I love travelling by train, there is always so much to see! This was an awesome start of your trip, cant wait to see the next part! 😃👍👍👍

[@Divergence]

Sometimes I am glad to be in the UK where taxes are automatic.

[@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle]

2:50 2023 here. I had HUGE support payments. Have to file in paper every year cause they just couldn’t believe it

[@gary_stavropoulos]

There is a difference between a mistake and willfully supplying false information.

[@communityaccountant]

Absolutely there is!

[@gary_stavropoulos]

@@communityaccountant Homer’s return had willful lies not mistakes

[@communityaccountant]

@@gary_stavropoulos Agreed

[@jb888888888]

Homer's honest mistake was he honestly thought he could get away with willfully supplying false information.

[@adamedwards4541]

@@gary_stavropoulos Yeah, but he's sorry and an older boy made him do it. I think he might get off the hook.

[@Haffy442]

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[@eileene.5870]

Ummm, LOTS of people in America go to jail for failure to pay their taxes. Wesley Snipes went to prison for 3 years for failure to pay his taxes.

[@Chronometry707]

He did qualify it with "millions of dollars worth transactions", and Wesley was jailed for quote "wilful failure to file $15m worth of federal income tax returns".

[@Edzward]

Hello, KZbin recommended your video. Fun Fact: Here in Brasil, due the "Non-human person" status of dogs, we are just few steps away from to be able to declare dogs as dependents and even under health insurance!

[@AndyHoward]

Even the Joker pays his taxes.

[@michaeltrinh4394]

He said evasion, but I say AVOISION!

[@aaronstevenson4136]

8:20, good to know. I was always worried about that.

[@leythonlopez-ty5dm]

So American tax and Canadian are the same

[@adultmoshifan87]

Yakko’s World but only the countries that have been visited by or lived in by at least one Simpson (this includes Cuba, Scotland, India and Iceland!)

[@jalepezo]

Never knew I needed this react, but still, I feel like it miss it

[@JC-ce8uw]

How do I get out of accounting, what other ways to utilise my degree? If u want to leave the corporate environment?

[@steves009]

Omg. What no PAYE out of your income each pay day

[@borntoclimb7116]

Very nice

[@The101Point1]

8:51 wrong.

[@docdat3468]

^^ false IRS report sure there go to prison like Al Capone.

[@ricopimento]

You haven't seen that one before? Were you raised in a test tube?

[@mikechicago6200]

Do more simpsons reaction!

[@stevenstone307]

Haha this is so awesome

[@gorillapizzascooty9830]

Non. Ca va être serieux. Ca produire mon pote. Produire

[@TharsanJeyachandran]

Lit ep

[@AR-cp5dz]

Pause it if you are going to talk. You missed some jokes.

[@Blnze]

lol tf is this

[@ZariusFontaine]

Always done them online and get $1000 - $2000 back