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Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop The IRS

Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop The IRS
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“[O]perations will be concentrated on collecting the taxes which will produce the greater revenue yield.” —Internal Revenue Manual

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The only certainties in life, as we all know, are death and taxes. Of course, one would have to assume that in the event of a nuclear war, in which virtually everything and everyone is destroyed, at least the taxes part would become a little less rigidly enforced, right? Wrong. The IRS actually has contingency plans in place to collect taxes even when you find yourself roaming a Fallout-style wasteland.

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One of the most enjoyable aspects of playing a video game like any of the Fallout series, or watching a movie like Mad Max, is the knowledge that in the event of nuclear war, the only certainty is death, and taxes can go right to hell. Well, according to the Internal Revenue Service, that’s not entirely accurate.

That’s because as it turns out, the IRS actually has a plan to continue taxing you like crazy even if mushroom clouds start popping up all over the United States. That means that you shouldn’t even think about having your tax debts wiped out, because there is an actual section in the IRS manual that deals specifically with how to continue to collect taxes in the event of nuclear war and its aftermath.

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You might think that it would take a while for the IRS to get back on its feet, particularly considering any nuclear strikes would certainly be aimed directly at the major cities in the United States and would therefore wipe out the tax man, right? Well, not really.

The IRS manual actually stipulates that within 30 days of an attack, they expect to be fully operational once again, and will be “assessing and collecting taxes” in that very short time frame. This has actually been in place in the IRS manual since the 1960s—makes sense, considering every facet of the American government was taking steps to assure continuity in the event of the Cold War escalating into all-out nuclear warfare.

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If this spoils your fantasies of thriving in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, however, don’t fret. There is some good news. Some of the proposals mentioned within the manual include bank loans and mortgages being paid off, with the taxes being geared almost entirely toward rebuilding civilization. Based on our limited knowledge of what a world like that would look like, we can only assume these new taxes would be based on how many Nuka Cola caps a person could collect while scavenging for supplies and killing marauders.

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