NAPLES, Fla., April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Take a break from filling out convoluted tax forms, and download a free eBook version of Slow Death in the Fast Lane by J.W. Kerwin, the book that pokes fun at America's indecipherable tax laws and the government bureaucrats who enforce them.
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Although a work of fiction, the book reveals actual practices and procedures the IRS uses when dealing with American taxpayers. It explains, for example:
- the important distinction between civil and criminal audits
- why cooperating with an IRS audit can backfire
- the operations of the powerful IRS Criminal Investigation Division
- questionable methods IRS agents use to gather incriminating evidence against taxpayers
- a little known IRS sting operation that targets small businesses
These and other revelations about the IRS unfold in the course of a fictional trial in which Brendan O'Brian, a decidedly unconventional attorney, defends a client charged with criminal tax fraud. Faced with what appears to be an unwinnable case, O'Brian turns the tables on the government, putting the tax laws and predatory IRS practices on trial with strategies that create a circus-like atmosphere in the normally staid federal court.
In the particularly entertaining chapter entitled "Dean Wormer must be running the IRS," an expert witness uses the double-secret probation scene from the iconic National Lampoon's Animal House to explain why the Internal Revenue Code violates constitutionally mandated due process requirements.
On the surface, Slow Death in the Fast Lane is a fast-paced, entertaining and frequently amusing legal thriller. But those who read between the lines will find a damning indictment of a government agency many people believe is far too powerful.
Slow Death in the Fast Lane is available both as an eBook and a trade paperback from Amazon. The eBook version will be available for free April 13th through April 17th.
About the author:
J.W. Kerwin is a graduate of Rutgers Law School, where he served as an editor of the law review. He practiced law in New Jersey in the 1980s, but subsequently left the state in search of warmer weather and lower taxes. He currently lives in a secure, undisclosed location with his wife and cat where he spends his time preparing for the retaliatory tax audit that's almost certain to happen when someone at the IRS reads this book.
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