Though I’ve listed this as “humor” it’s also true.
Bill Gates revealed today that the IRS has to use a special computer to record data for his personal tax return.
From MSN Money
America’s principal bean counters must regularly face the gargantuan monstrosity that is Bill Gates’ tax return, an undertaking of such magnanimously complex proportions that the agency has had to keep the information of the billionaire’s vast fortune on a “special computer.”
“Their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers,” he said of the hapless taxmen. “So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven’t paid something, when really it is just on the wrong computer.”
Gates explained the glitch is then followed by charade of correspondence: “Then they will send me another notice telling me how bad they feel, that they sent me a notice that was a mistake.”
So does this mean that ordinary tax payers can legitimately use the question… “Are you sure you’re checking the right computer for my records?” as a response to a letter from the IRS?
I wonder if the special computer the IRS uses is an Apple?
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