IRS Surveys Taxpayers About Cheating -- and The Results Are Hard to Believe
In the annals of government surveys, this may be among the silliest. The IRS queried taxpayers about whether they think cheating on your taxes is wrong. Not surprisingly, they said they do.
A mere 8% of respondents to the 2010 Taxpayer Attitude Survey said that they believe that it's OK to cheat on taxes "a little here and there," and 4% responded that it was OK to lie to Uncle Sam "as much as possible."