Florida CFO Patronis to Swifties: The IRS Is Coming for You
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is warning Taylor Swift fans about federal overreach after the IRS is requiring “ticketing platforms to give the IRS personal information on users” who resold their concert tickets for more than $600.
“The Biden administration’s new ‘Taylor Tax’ on Taylor Swift fans who choose to resell their tickets are now at risk of being audited by the IRS,” Patronis said in a press release. “If Swifties bought tickets and made a profit of over $600 from their resell, you can bet that the IRS will expect you to report that profit to them. While Biden said he wants to go after millionaires and billionaires, turns out he wants to go after moms and dads who can’t attend Taylor Swift concerts.”
Patronis paired his thoughts with making mention of the Florida IRS Transparency Portal, which is where individual Floridians, businesses, or non-profits can go to report potential harassment from IRS agents.
The Biden administration, in 2021, announced the hiring of 87,000 new agents and Patronis referred to the expanding agency as an “army.”
“The land of the free and home of the brave is swiftly becoming the land of the forgotten middle class and the home of the over-taxed,” Patronis said. “This is yet another example of federal overreach. It’s despicable, and I can’t think of a better way to ‘shake off’ the new army of 87,000 tax-hungry IRS agents who have you and your families in their sights than to help us fight back by reporting IRS activity to our IRS Transparency Portal.”
Just last week, Patronis also issued a letter to CashApp, Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle – all digital money transaction apps – to cease doing business with the federal government and make their communications with the IRS public.
“This is also the government colluding with Big Tech to get in the day-to-day business of Americans,” Florida’s CFO said.
Patronis concluded in the letter that the Florida Legislature should craft a bill to protect Florida taxpayers from entities that cooperate with the federal government.