When the Government gives you stuff

[@julienolke]

I literally see "please keep this document for your records" and immediately delete it. That's future Julie's problem.

[@newharlemrenaissanceproduc943]

🤣🤣🤣FACTS

[@RealRomplayer]

I talked to Future Julie. She doesn't care either.

[@philurbaniak1811]

This is so painfully true 😆👌!

[@rodbcon]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@00bikeboy]

They should replace it with "Your future self will need these documents."

[@daniellucas2968]

"Why don't you just keep them?" Great question. GREAT question.

[@stormthrush37]

Fun fact: the government simply giving you their math and telling you what you owe is exactly how it's done in many other countries.

[@robertbeisert3315]

And their math is what you get in trouble for not quite meeting, tax-wise.

[@braceyourselvesfortruth2492]

Can't speak for other countries and their tax laws, but the IRS doesn't have all your information to file taxes. That's why they need people to volunteer their own returns. I make just over $100k a year, which is not even top 10%, and if I had to trust the government to keep half of the records required for me to file taxes, and everyone richer than I had a return as complex as mine, the IRS servers would instantly crash. The fact that they have your W-2, I-9 and a couple 1099's does not mean they know exactly what you owe. That is a myth.

[@alexkoss3829]

Just guess and if it’s too high or too low they’ll let you know 😂

[@langleybryan]

Yes you can thank the tax preparation lobby for keeping us in the stone age.

[@toorimakun]

but how do you know their math is correct ;)

[@benoithudson7235]

The best part is when the CRA asks you for something, so you log in to their system where they keep your records, look it up, and give it to them. Because, you know, they need it. From your records.

[@williammkydde]

Actually, this year they did ask me for some proofs, that they did not have - and that I had in my file at home and provided them. Then, I received a paper stating that they're satisfied - "for my records". Fortunately, they don't know everything about you YET, and this may be a good thing. Or should I say, everything they know about you is not yet compiled together into a single folder. Once they do know everything about you, you will not need any return to fill out, no records to keep, have a chip implant and "eat ze bugs". I am glad we're not there yet.

[@mhmoeller]

​@@williammkydde well it works in civilised countries.

[@Chahlie]

IF you can log in. I got a new laptop....had to then do the whole run around because I didn't know what amount I claimed on line whatever in one of the previous 2 years- all that info is on their site and my old laptop which could have accessed it had a cracked screen. It was utter hell.

[@benoithudson7235]

@@Chahlie : ah yes. Before you can log in, prove to me who you are by telling me the information you're trying to get by logging in.

[@keriannekerr1876]

I just assumed they wanted to confirm that what you're employer told them matches what the employer told you

[@Ayeshteni]

Ooooh. As a Civil Servant who has used "...I have attached (x) for your own records", I am both laughing my tits off and crying my eyes out.

[@julienolke]

lol you know

[@GLJosh]

That sounds incredibly painful! You might want to get medical help, but don't drive if your eyes are out.

[@doobybrother21]

You mean you have a sense of humour and they still hired you ??

[@PaintBin]

Us civil servants are still humans with senses of humour, and we hear the exact same complaints many times a day. We're just trying to help people navigate some very old rules that people don't ask their elected politicians to change, even though it is those elected officials that make the very same rules we try to help people follow.

[@PatGilliland]

@@PaintBin Taxpayer: This is Stupid and overly Bureaucratic! Civil Servant: We know, and agree, please talk to your elected representative. Taxpayer: Oh I don't vote - it never changes anything Civil Servant: .....

[@BastiatC]

The process makes a lot more sense when you learn that it was created under the promise that the tax would only apply to people wealthy enough that they had their own accountants anyway.

[@NickFisherman]

I actually had an issue with my taxes once, but no one told me that I needed to save my documents for seven years. I had to request the IRS to send them to me before I could schedule a meeting with a local IRS representative, who apparently could NOT have simply pulled up my account on the network, or something. It was this whole thing. Now every document is virtual, and saved to my cloud. Sheeit, I'll save every one of them until the day I die. Seven years ain't nuthin'.

[@julienolke]

ugh this gives me the stress sweats just reading it

[@NickFisherman]

@@julienolke guaranteed worse than giving birth to a baby.

[@makarabaduk1754]

Good suggestion. Next time I am asked for something from my records I shall go look at a cloud.

[@sd.2528]

Until your cloud storage is hacked and now everyone has detailed information on you and your income and bank accounts, including your name, address, and social security number and they use that information to take out a second mortgage on your house and now you house is repossessed and you are homeless with no access to the cloud... and that's when the IRS agent shows up asking for your records.

[@RealRomplayer]

​​@@makarabaduk1754​ *In Julie's voice:* That's..... Not how it works. *In Other Julie's voice:* Yes it does. *Julie 1:* No it doesn't! *2:* Yes it does. Says it right here on the Internet. *1:* No it..... You know what? Nevermind. Go look at a cloud!

[@shorthopedc]

Just to provide a minor counterweight to the drift of the comments, I called the IRS to help me work through a potentially serious problem with my mom's taxes. They were super helpful and worked with me to deal with it, even though mom was missing lots of documents. They basically helped me do all of the calculations correctly, make good faith estimates where I had gaps, and then put a huge discount on the whole thing to help us close the book. They were awesome. Purely anecdote, not a rebuttal to others' negative experiences, just putting it out there. On the record, so to speak.

[@Dysiode]

To be honest most government workers actually want to be helpful, it's the politicians that get them a bad rap

[@jake_from_statefarm7209]

Yep, the IRS will work with people thankfully. I've heard it was easier when the IRS was properly funded, and now it's just a living hell to get ahold of someone, but they'll still work with you.

[@jenshark4]

@@jake_from_statefarm7209 I have spent 1.5 hours on hold just to ask a single question about an audit

[@claires9100]

Nice to hear a positive story. 😊

[@thbb1]

All across the civilized world, tax authorities are always polite and kind to the regular tax payer. Only because they hold them by the balls tightly. I once had a tax audit upon returning to live in my home country. Of course, my paperwork was a mess. They were very patient and understanding, jut casually mentioning: if your records do not come out straight, don't worry, we can just block your bank account and pay us back on your salary for as long as it's needed.

[@Emberfox86]

When I bought my house 12 years ago I bought a filing cabinet. I went through and cleaned it out recently and it was 12 years of the most ridiculous things that I thought I had to keep. I also thought my social security card was going to be in there and it was not.

[@Taurusus]

I went through my records once looking for my "original" birth certificate and what I found was four or 5 copies/extracts all filed in different locations from the *last* times I was asked for this fuckin' thing and couldn't find it, and also all my school report cards. From like 15+ years prior. Is that... am I doing that right?

[@Emberfox86]

@@Taurusus My daughter's nine and I've had to order her at least three birth certificates at this point. I remember when I was in elementary school my mom ordered my birth certificate because we needed it for something, so I've had my same long form birth certificate for 20 years. Can't keep track my daughters for 2 months.

[@sarahengland1843]

I had to find my kids' citizenship certificates to renew their passports. I turned the house upside down looking for them. It take literally years to replace them so I was totally freaking out. Finally found them where the embassy had stuffed them into the old expired passports which I had - thank god - not thrown out!

[@beans4853]

I finally became a mature adult a couple years back and bought an accordion file folder and now all these documents have a home in my nightstand drawer. Tax documents, insurance plans, ss cards and birth certificates etc

[@spaghetti1641]

I went through the 'manuals box' had manuals for cd player, IKEA assembled furniture I hadn't had in 10 years.

[@emorelix]

I love the 'if only I was taught in school' haha, so true!

[@jacobd1984]

She played an annoying bureaucrat so well I half expected Government Julie to stamp some form triumphantly when she finally got the other Julie to give up.

[@proxyone5019]

I honestly thought those were two different people, she looks so different with her hair pulled back...

[@bruce-le-smith]

Government Julie turned into a bit of a force of nature lol

[@Stratus41298]

​@@proxyone5019same! Took me a few.

[@ddebenedictis]

She couldn't stamp some form because then it would have become part of her records.

[@greyline3051]

This is a great bit that shines a light on the ridiculous expectations of the tax system! Well written and executed. "Who do you think I am? I rent a one bedroom apartment the size of walnut..."

[@user443]

Love that IRL Julie can't even scrape up enough paperwork to fill up the 3-ring binder props.

[@KattReen]

I live in Sweden. Filing taxes is uncomplicated unless you're a small business owner, like a landlord or something. My filing taxes process is eyeing through a form and signing it digitally. My condolences.

[@RemiCardona]

As a Frenchman, it's pretty much the same here. Click click click, punch in a few numbers (eg charity donations) and then "submit", then done. Then it's wine and cheese time with friends and family.

[@Chinguenguenza]

My condolences to you as well. If you live in Sweden (and earn a bit more than the average person) you are playing over 50% of your income on taxes. It may be easy to pay the money, but it is a lot of it.

[@Omenowl]

Unless you itemize your taxes and/or are self employed taxes are easy to do in the US. Maximizing your return by itemizing everything is where it gets complicated.

[@papitata]

Portuguese here, and we also click click clcik and we're done doing our IRS.

[@ThriveAliveJoshua]

It’s quick and easy here in the states too, unless you want discounts

[@timtheasianinc]

Also, Ireland just tells people what they made and didn't make. Then everyone goes out for a beer. 🍻

[@julienolke]

a civil society

[@didrikmesicek4825]

Same, in Slovenia I basically do nothing regarding taxes. These are some yank problems

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

@@didrikmesicek4825 Julie (all of them) is in Canada.

[@jaspermooren5883]

I'm pretty sure it's basically every country except for the US. The US is the weird one here, not us.

[@didrikmesicek4825]

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff north yanks

[@illiteratemochi4150]

PSA for those who don’t know: don’t ever use turbo tax or other companies like that. There’s a free file system on the irs and gov websites that will help you file for free. Like, actually free. It’s required by law but they like to hide it so people don’t know about it.

[@kbaz6658]

Free isn't always easier. Used Turbotax for years. Dont mind that I pay for their program as the convenience year to year is worth it.

[@greg3571]

Free file has income limits, so not everyone can use it. But if you fall within those limits, absolutely!

[@joelgray4403]

TurboTax used to be free for me but then they started making changes and when they suddenly tried to charge me $300 one year I dropped them so fast XD

[@nothanks3236]

Do they like to hide it though? Every year I see ads for it, I would assume they want all of use to file electronically so they don't have to spend money and time going through paper tax returns. Which is exactly why I file mine on paper every year... I also staple everything just to make it more annoying for them.

[@robertbeisert3315]

Intuit and HR Block are no longer allowed to be the "free" option because of their shenanigans, I heard.

[@ahadmrauf]

The first time I had a job that earned me over the standard deductible, I bought an accordion file folder that could fit legal-size documents (cause, you know, I thought being an adult meant my paper sizes would increase up from printer paper). I still have that file folder all these years later. I don't know if I'm managing my documents correctly in that folder, but by golly it's fun to open the accordion up whenever I think I need something.

[@M4TCH3SM4L0N3]

Julie! As always, your writing is the silent star of your channel. You have such a talent for recognizing the absurdity in our everyday lives and reframing it in an even more ridiculous context. Your little throwaway line, "you actually know exactly how much I owe, so you could just tell me, and I can pay that exactly," is so true and infuriating. I recently heard that, in the U.S. at least, the biggest reason why they don't do that is because of lobbying from companies like TurboTax who make billions of dollars annually off of the brokenness of U.S. tax code. I guess that's some really, really old news now, but I am still so frustrated with it. I love seeing more of your videos lately, but I hope you're getting time to relax with family this holiday season. Thanks for all the great videos and ideas you share with us!

[@benwagner5089]

I think Roger Horton from Cracked or Adam ruins everything did a piece on that (similar humor from both of them). If I remember right, he made a comparison to ordering a pizza. "And here's your pizza." "Great, how much do I owe you?" "You tell me." "12 dollars?" "Wrong! Now you're going to jail!" "Bogus!"

[@jayhawker2363]

Julie, This skit really hits home as usual. You're the best. *Please save this comment for your records.*

[@typemasters2871]

But why do I need to save this comment?

[@falleithani5411]

@@typemasters2871 *We may ask for it later.*

[@uikmnhj4me]

@@typemasters2871for your records

[@markotto4281]

We might ask you for it in seven years.😂

[@typemasters2871]

@@markotto4281 but can’t you ask for it now?

[@Theo1505]

Two things are sure in life: Death and government employees going off on you after four questions.

[@lucykitsune4619]

I thought it was death and taxes

[@FriedrichHerschel]

That many questions?

[@DanKaschel]

​@@lucykitsune4619that's the joke

[@MisterYankou]

Me: "Oh no this is sponsored by Turbo Tax or something isn't it?" Julie: "Patreon stuff!" "Oh thank God."

[@Intangible360]

Clearly embedded Cows/PEI Tourism advertising.

[@michaelbishop.]

If government insists you retain documents they supply, you would be justified in invoicing them for storage charges. This amount can then be deducted yearly from tax due. An incentive for you to become proficient with your financial affairs, and for governments to reduce their bureaucracy. And back on planet earth…

[@julienolke]

ooh this is salty and I love it

[@woodside4life]

Come now, don’t be silly. You’re making way too much sense.

[@friendlyfilmz]

OMG brilliant. We should start a national movement and petition to make this happen.

[@mustang607]

It seems like if one didn't have their apartment, they couldn't store all these "records" as effectively to have them available any moment the government needed them.

[@MystiqueDispenser]

lol this is so smart yet so incredibly petty : )

[@vidhound]

Thanks!

[@somethinsomethin7216]

In Australia, you just get your salary post tax. So you dont have to worry about 'paying taxes' as it is done automatically. Though you can file for tax return for certain things like business expenses.

[@zebedeesummers4413]

You also get post-tax salary if are hourly US. Doesn't stop you from needing to do some filing but its ushally pretty simple if you have 1 job and are hourly. *at least in my state

[@xtifr]

That all sounds great if you're _salaried!_ And that's more-or-less how it works in the US if you're salaried and don't make any tax-deductible donations or such. If you're _self-employed_ though, things get a _whole_ lot more complicated, especially if your income varies widely over time, making it impossible to predict in advance.

[@MrMagnaniman]

In America, you have to guess how much tax you owe. And if you guess wrong, you go to prison.

[@bermchasin]

perfect, that is government theft the way it should be!

[@dgsquare]

That's the curse of this society... I've been keeping all our taxes records for the past 19 years (so far) because who knows, and who has time to go through them and sort them.... I hate paperwork! Happy holidays, Julie , all the best!

[@missmayflower]

In Canada, you are required to keep them for six years.

[@LaubeQ]

Government Julie is the first character I truly hated. In the good sense. It's just so real. Also in my country is management change times and stuff is a bit hectic. But then the character got upset and was proposing doing a lot of work. That's when I knew it was just fiction. Great sketch! I love it. More of these "real daily things" please.

[@Mediados]

Very handy to be the child of a lawyer. There is an entire archive of old stuff nobody will look at ever again, but there still is the 0,01% chance that they will.

[@trengilly01]

In the US there is no statute of limitations for 'fraudulent tax returns'. For many years the IRS had a helpful comment 'If you have filed fraudulent returns, please keep your records indefinitely' 🤣

[@AaronJohnsonSTL]

Yeah, it's not at all suspicious that the only tax documents I have are from 2004, when I was a little low on cash. 😬

[@cisium1184]

@@AaronJohnsonSTL That was pretty funny, Mr. Aaron Johnson from Saint Louis. 😉

[@HansLemurson]

Remember, illegal income is still income! Just file it under "other income". We won't ask questions, we just want our cut.

[@elultimo102]

@@AaronJohnsonSTL Don't forget to report income from selling drugs and stolen property, as well as any other illegal activity.---😂😂😂

[@_Mentat]

In the UK you can either calculate your taxes or get the government to do it. If they make a mistake in their own calculations it's their problem. Also, I've noticed if they ask for a document you can just write back saying the document requested has already been supplied - their internal admin is so bad they cannot prove you wrong.

[@briangulley6027]

Won't work in the US, they figure if they don't have it, you didn't send it, you have to prove you did, good luck with that. Even if you prove it, you still have to provide another copy. Why? because they don't have it.

[@EscapeVelocity1]

Ah, the UK, so much potential, it's good that they have accounted for the majority of the population who cannot count if their lives depended on it. 😃

[@franciscodanconia4324]

What if the math mistake is in their favor?

[@falleithani5411]

@@franciscodanconia4324 Then you can opt to do your taxes US-style that one year, but without the tight deadline, to correct the mistake and get your money back, plus get the people who _made_ that mistake in a lot of trouble. Having to revise government budgets _downward_ causes a lot more problems than having to revise a budget upwards, so ironically the government is incentivised to keep all errors in your favour.

[@Noah-xo7ek]

Yeah, but it’s easy to do the calculation in the UK… “How much did you make?” “Okay, yeah give us all of that.”

[@adriankemp254]

The all star play is to record video/pictures of everything onto VHS or microfiche or something, and then send them as supporting documents every year regardless of if they request them.

[@GLJosh]

Government "I need a copy of your documents". You "Sure thing would you VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, or 4 x 6 photos?"

[@AlwaysHereAndNow]

That made me feel so seen 😂😂 Also the government character reminds me of my ex roommate. And that was also validating 😂

[@ronaldnesbit8988]

I worked for the federal government in the human resources department of the Coast Guard. Since money payments and audits were always going on, I was able to give out documents that said you were missing documents, so you didn't have to keep every receipt from 1978

[@MR-backup]

SMH

[@ronaldnesbit8988]

@@MR-backup A guy with your name should like backup moves lol

[@MR-backup]

@@ronaldnesbit8988 you would know ;)

[@travelsouthafrica5048]

" I rent a one bedroom apartment the size of a walnut" for some reason that just cracked me up

[@zornslemon]

Yeah, the world still expects us to have a whole house to put things in. My parents bought me an air fryer at Christmas and I was like “where am I going to keep this? On my nightstand under the lamp?”

[@mattdurrant3244]

"You could just tell me what I owe" and no one would ever trust that number

[@bermchasin]

and yet it works that way anyway, they just dont tell you until after you have paid.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@bermchasin What? You calculate your own taxes.

[@bermchasin]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver yeah I have, based on the tax forms and charts

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@bermchasin The forms in Canada determine your balance.

[@SweeturKraut]

I did this today. Literally. I work for the government and I sent some documents home and posted a note “keep for your records”… I’m not sure to laugh, cry, or be ashamed.

[@dudemandudefood]

I use all the "keep this for your records" documents as extra insulation for sleep in the winter time to keep my electric bill down. Work smarter, not harder

[@The2wanderers]

Great timing, as I'm doing an audit right now at work. Have spent all week on it. And, yup, they asked me for copies of my GST returns LIKE THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE THEM. Anyway, just take a picture (or, more likely, save the pdf because that's how you got it in the first place) and put it on google drive/iCloud/oneDrive/Sync/whatever you've got. Keeps stuff way longer than 7 years without having to lug around a filing cabinet when you move.

[@The2wanderers]

The really fun part was having to upload 60 bank statements to the CRA portal that lets you upload 10 files in a batch, while having to describe and assign dates to each individual document. And then makes you go back to the login page to continue after each batch because the "upload more" button gets you a blank page. Best. Website. Ever.

[@MindfulMya]

Truly being a Canadian I’ve never been so scared, government Julie is scary. Also happy prepping for tax season y’all. Hope your records are all there !

[@TikaPainter]

I passed your video on to my accountant now that it’s found its way to CRA headquarters. She needed help understanding why the CRA staff she deals with were in a better mood today.

[@bararobberbaron859]

Our government got so annoyed at the unneeded time wastage due to documents being missing that ALL government entities have to add a copy of important things to your DigiD, which is essentially 'your records' but online. So insurance information, medical information, financial and debt information, tax information etc. So now if they need to know I can just permit them to look it up.

[@Canela77]

Danke!

[@williampace2112]

Loved it! Also scared the crap out of me and got me worrying about my own. "records". Thanks for all the great work you do -- you always help brighten my day. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!

[@FlammableAirFreshener]

This video solidified how I feel about taxes to the letter - the fact that there are countries where you don't need to file just dispute if you feel like something needs to be written off. Ooof. Oh Canada indeed.

[@soundandvision77]

I love your PEI shirt ❤. First time I visited, I got obsessed with checking out lighthouses, so my mom and I drove around the island looking for them. It has since become a thing 😅. All the best and happy holidays!

[@willhikearizona]

When she threatens to audit YOUR records, I would have said "See! How are you going to do that since I don't keep anything?" 🤣

[@marinamarina1534]

Oh my ! I laughed so hard,thank you ! I literally just went through this. …… if you want my paperwork - why don’t you just get it from….ah, your electronic files ? Good grief.

[@sachinakhuri1017]

LMAO! 2:09 is the greatest comeback I've ever heard!

[@lisajones1438]

I was waiting for her to tell government. "How can you go through my records? I have none!"

[@alexoblivion9295]

40 years old. And literally no one has ever taught me how to do taxes. You're just supposed to know at age 16 what to do from there. Thank you for some kind of representation.

[@georgene6767]

There's this thing called "Instructions," which are freely available to anyone who asks for them...often in post offices, but definitely on the internet. Might try those?

[@ZachsMind]

I have an unspecified bag in an unspecified drawer in my apartment the size of a walnut where I keep my "records." I've been told the papers in the bag in the drawer are very important and I should keep them in case someone asks for them back. I never thought about calling them "my records." I guess I'll be doing that from now on... oh no I won't. I'll forget about this. "Records." LOL! Like I know what I'm doing. Julie is so funny. I adore her... What were we talking about? I need coffee...

[@svankensen]

As you point out, the US system is pretty dumb. In my country, filing your taxes is OPT IN for most people. Every year, the government will make their estimate of your income and notify you. If you don't object in 2 months, they assume it is correct. Which, if you have a salary as your main income, it will be.

[@darbyl3872]

Where is that?

[@svankensen]

@darbyl3872 Chile. But from what I've heard it is a pretty common system

[@HeatGeek1]

Crazy how fast the makeup and wardrobe team are. They change everything every time the camera flips. So cool.

[@SuperTwoU]

How am I supposed to keep records when my apartment is so small my kitchen is in my bedroom. 😭

[@makarabaduk1754]

If you keep *enough* records you can build a second house out of them.

[@MR-backup]

Govt: That sounds like a YP!

[@franchic9565]

I kept waiting for Julie to say : "I don't have a turntable anymore, so no records, but I DO still have a small CD collection"

[@coloradoyehti1538]

When I was told to keep my tax documents forever, I was like wtf does that mean...? Forever until I die?!

[@DanKaschel]

Who told you that?

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Longer if you have heirs.

[@coloradoyehti1538]

@@DanKaschel when I joined the military

[@DanKaschel]

@@coloradoyehti1538 ah. Well, sometimes you get bad advice. Wasn't your fault.

[@SolomonMagnus819]

Please keep this video in the records. At least for seven years. In case I need to watch this again at any time. For the records

[@yo.adrian]

I have records. I play them on my turntable connected to my stereo.

[@julienolke]

lol!

[@daftrok]

Th...they do. You log into the IRS site and can download them up to 7 years. Typically, they need to do an audit if they find anything wrong and want to ensure there wasn't a pattern.

[@friendlyfilmz]

OMG 😂 - I feel this so hard. Being a grownup is indeed pretty ridiculous. The system is very very stupid.

[@eileensnow6153]

These comments are making me nervous though. “I’ll just throw them away and they can print new ones if they’re that important” No, you’re going to get audited and lose your shirt in the process because the government (at least where I live) doesn’t care about you.

[@friendlyfilmz]

@@eileensnow6153 I 💯 agree. And I have several cabinets full of these idiotic nightmare “records” to cover my arse if needed. But I still think it’s very very VERY stupid. Stressful, unnecessary, and just pedantically stupid. Like, we as a society living in the digital age can’t come up with a more realistic and easy solution?? Really? REALLY? Yeah, okay. Let’s keep up this dumb grownup charade. Ugh.

[@LemuriaGames]

Yepp, literally the voice of the government. "The problem you're having there? Yeah, that's your problem. The other problem I'm having here? Well, that's YOUR problem as well, I'll just make it your problem."

[@andreasauder2855]

Yeah, leftover from another era, when we cleaned out my grandparents house we had to destroy like 50 years of documents, they kept Everything! Like back in the day, did you know that banks would actually send canceled(already cashed) checks back to your bank and they would give them back to you to keep, for your records.😂

[@shaynaformity1384]

Back before payments were digitally scanned, that was actually necessary. If an employee made a clerical error, you could send in a copy of the cancelled check to prove you made the payment.

[@ethansloan]

In the past year I attempted to start a small business and it failed before it got off the ground. I'm not looking forward to trying to file so many business expenses, while also proving that said business existed, while also proving that said business shouldn't be taxed.

[@DanKaschel]

Shouldn't be too bad as long as you... You know. Kept records. They won't tax you on revenue you didn't earn.

[@garyjaycat]

When my bf and I moved in together, he laughed at me for bringing up the idea of having a small filing cabinet to store our important papers (before that I was at my mom's and had my important papers in a drawer of her filing cabinet. We've compromised and now we each have an accordion folder to keep our records.

[@Canonicallycreative]

Pro-tip: ask them if you will need the original, or if a copy will do. If not, take photos of everything on your phone.

[@bermchasin]

yea cuz we all keep phones for 7 years

[@Canonicallycreative]

@@bermchasin You do know that photos taken in your phone don’t have to *stay*in your phone, right?

[@bermchasin]

@@Canonicallycreative yes. thx

[@allanlees299]

Not sure what Canada is like, but the IRS in the USA is so pathetically bad that even their own website says you can't assume the information they provide is accurate or legal.

[@robertbeisert3315]

That is the absolute most government thing I've ever heard.

[@elultimo102]

Einstein said he understood the secrets of the universe, but not the IRS tax code.

[@robertlewis6915]

0:40 Actually, the government may not know everything they need for your taxes. They want you to tell them that. In other words, taxes are a way of using you to surveil you.

[@Noah_Entropy]

Every adult that earns income in the USA feels this pain. Guaranteed to hit 1M views by April 15th, 2024.

[@julienolke]

lol!

[@IndyAdvant]

MY RECORDS CAN KISS MY ASS! 😆I'm so glad you are still going at this! 🤣

[@AnotherNowhereKid]

If I'm adulting correctly, I'm pretty sure we need to keep anything "for our records" for 10 years here in Germany. 😢

[@MelenaSoleil]

Oh my 😳... That was traumatic but also extremely unfortunately relatable 😢...

[@Ali_forward]

Speaking truth to power.... But it is always bad when power speaks back. 😂

Thank you for your service.

[@KristoVaher]

Estonia fixed this 20 years ago by enabling civilian tax declarations automatic and fully digital. This video feels like a time machine into the last century.

[@dustinking2965]

Some people haven't learned the "foot high stack of papers that's been on my coffee table for five years" trick and it shows.

[@cisium1184]

When Gubmint said she'd audit you I was sure you were gonna hand the papers back and say, "oh then you'll need these."

[@gomezfriesen]

Wow. Just wow. Incredible sketch!!

[@StuntpilootStef]

Fun fact, in my country they DO fill in everything for you.

[@julienolke]

unfair

[@hellboy19991]

Every country apart from America. And guess who doesn't want that to change. Lobbyists for tax filing services.

[@BrianPurcell72]

@@hellboy19991 Julie is Canadian.

[@IndefiniteGentlemen]

heh. suddenly this sprung in my head in a yakoff smirnoff voice :"In Russia, taxes file you!"

[@williammkydde]

Sounds like NKorea.

[@thedudeabides3138]

Bucking frilliant Julie, SO on point, loved it, thank you.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

I may or may not start calling things a Y.P. in the future. I also may work for an NGO that gives people things "for their records." But it's actually so they have a defense against stuff like this.

[@williammkydde]

This is why she gives them to her: for her (taxpayer's) defense.

[@joeakajojoconwell6912]

What's Y P mean?

[@williammkydde]

@@joeakajojoconwell6912 I think it means "your problem".

[@kevinr6930]

This is one of your best yet.

[@JasonJrake]

The only reason U.S. and many other governments don’t offer a “we think you owe this much” pre-filled tax document to sign from the data they have is because the companies that prepare them for U.S. lobbied against it. It’s a lovely “true conspiracy” of accountants and bookkeepers.

[@DonaldR]

"You're going to look through all my documents from the last 7 years? Where are you gonna get those documents?" "Oh, we have copies." ...

[@jtnotmiller]

As an accountant I’m really relating to the “government” character right now.

[@Bacxaber]

You're not supposed to.

[@jpsteiner2]

And in the gov there's a whole process called "Records Management" with rules about managing records. Oh, this video is hilariously spot-on funny.

[@tridelltransportation3603]

I’ve had the same accountant for 28 years. I asked him once if he saved all this shit. He’s “yep. Every page is in file boxes in the basement”. His theory is that it’s not possible to hack his basement. So things are safe.

[@philz6164]

Except when the hacker known as Bic applies some heat.

[@mattc9598]

this is actually how many governments work too you'd be surprised how many buildings in the US are just filled with boxes of documents containing confidential information on millions of people.

[@tridelltransportation3603]

@@philz6164 lol He also said if it ever catches fire you’d be able to see the blaze from low earth orbit

[@azul29156]

The best sketch you've done in quite a while in my opinion.

[@adequatebus8280]

Oh my gawd, this is our daughter, perfectly. she's 33-years old. a working artist. she could not care any less about "records" and pieces of government paper. so I do her taxes every year (such as they are), and i literally make-up numbers out of the air, based on past numbers that were made-up out of the air. every year. and the government seems happy with that. so maybe her way is actually the best way. -C

[@Krutonium]

Maybe don't admit to defrauding the IRS on the internet?

[@electricspider2267]

He's safe, what're they gonna do? Spy on him? Pff the gov doesnt spy on people come on now be real. -ThaRealNSA

[@paddleduck5328]

Lol

[@adequatebus8280]

@@Krutonium a life without useful or amusing stories . . . i can't help but shudder at what that path would be like. -C

[@Unmannedair]

🤣🤣🤣 hands down, the best video you've ever made. 👍 I think there's not a single person that can't relate to this. Do it again! Do it again! Encore!

[@thermitebanana]

This is such great advice, and it's so good to hear it coming from Adam.

[@DavidBagshaw]

This is so me, thanks for posting, Julie!

[@iihoneybea629]

OMG WAIT THE SUBSCRIBE BUTTON HAVE A LIL THING GOING ON THERE FOR A SECOND WHEN SHE SAID SUBSCRIBE!!!

[@greg3571]

Business manager/tax attorney here. This is funny stuff and pretty on the nose for some of my entertainment clients. One note: the IRS can generally only audit back 3 years, not 7. The exception is for 'gross' understatements of income (understated by more than 25%), which adds another 3 years. HOWEVER, you should keep things like home purchase/improvement documents as long as you own the home. Doing that makes my life much easier when you sell. And thanks for the great content.

[@MisterItchy]

I like that she's gonna audit you which means going line-by-line through your records for the last seven years and it's going to take a long time. The records that you just said you don't have. Good luck with that.

[@DanKaschel]

The IRS has its own records. According to its records, you owe a lot of money. An audit is your opportunity to prove that you don't owe all that money. If you have no records, you pay the huge bill and that's it.

[@3DJapan]

You don't need a whole filing cabinet, a simple accordion folder will do. Stick stuff in it, stick it on a shelf, forget it's there until next time. I still have papers in mine from 20 years ago.

[@ttocselbag5054]

The way you have the bureaucrats pegged just makes me giggle girlfriend! 😁😁

[@MrDuane-lr8dm]

Fine. I'll keep them for my records. (Carefully and slowly starts removing staples). Tax Lady: Why are you removing the staples? Oh. I like my records to be random. So if people decide to go through them, they can't make heads or tails of it and my nightmare becomes their nightmare. (Slowly removes, then straightens out paperclip and pretends it's a mini sword). Tax Lady: ... May I have more records? I'm thinking of using them to build a fort.

[@julienolke]

ooh this is so petty and I love it

[@revondamehovic3132]

Record fort!

[@Dan007UT]

bahaha, I think you need to make a followup video

[@MR-backup]

Lol, wtf?!

[@extragoode]

My in-laws keep everything, but with no organization. They got audited once and the auditor wanted years of records and they were given multiple garbage bags of receipts for records and were told you think I'm wrong? You figure it out and prove it. The audit was closed with no fines charged.

[@Skippy0330]

Move to folder : Things I probably won't use but I'm told to keep.

[@donavonbain4332]

One of your few vids i tried to like multiple times!😅 (i left it on 👍😂) You do good work, this one just extra resonated with me.

[@mancavefire]

You nailed exactly how I feel on any interaction with the revenue service in my country.

[@michaelhallam8252]

02:14 "Wait, you're going to comb through ALL my papers...that WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED I DON'T HAVE? Scheduling a whole hour for that? What are you going to do for the remaining 55 minutes?"

[@greatguytv]

「猫に小判」(Neko ni koban): Merry Christmas Thanks for all the good videos