Kicker: Tax code confusion

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: File this one under “long suffering taxpayer:” a letter from the late Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense. He faced down warlords and dictators, but admitted defeat… to the U.S. tax code.

On Tax Day, he’d send in his tax return along with a letter to the IRS, admitting he had no clue whether his taxes were done correctly.

His wife posted his letter online in 2014 and taxpayers everywhere commiserated.

Rumsfeld wrote that he had absolutely no idea whether his tax returns and payments were accurate…he hired a professional accounting firm and his wife signed them too, though she also had no idea if they’re correct.

Rumsfeld wrote he hoped the tax code might get simpler during his lifetime.

It didn’t.

And somewhere deep inside the IRS bureaucracy, a form is still being processed.

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