Man says IRS rejected his tax return over dependents claimed

A video is going viral after one man claims the IRS sent back his tax return over America’s dependents.

Tax season is upon us, and while the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) prepares to sift through hundreds of millions of tax returns, one man’s video is putting the entire ritual into perspective.

Watch:

“The IRS returned tax return this year after I apparently answered one question incorrectly.

In response to their question, do I have any dependents.. I said ‘Yes’,

9.5 million illegal immigrants
650 idiots in Washington
80,000 criminals in Minnesota
3.4 million people on… pic.twitter.com/ptJ6zE8UnQ

— TONY (@TONYxTWO) March 7, 2026

“The IRS returned my tax return this year after I apparently answered one of their questions incorrectly. In response to their question, do I have any dependents or do I have anyone dependent upon me, I answered ‘Yes, 9.5 million illegal immigrants, 650 idiots in Washington, 80,000 criminals in Minnesota, and 3.4 million people on unemployment.’ And then the IRS stated to me that my answer was unacceptable, so I wrote them back, ‘Did I leave anybody out?’”

Versions of this joke have existed for years, but after the corruption that has been exposed over the last year, it’s enough to make one stop and think that maybe there’s a good point here. Why are middle-class Americans, those living paycheck to paycheck and having to juggle a growing number of financial responsibilities, the ones footing the bill for everyone else?

X users weighed in on the message:

We all should do this! Give them double the work!

— TaxingUs (@BeckyHendon76) March 7, 2026

Still haven’t received my refund from the COVID era. It may not have been much, but they’d break down my door if I owed one cent.

— Christy (@IMNERHO) March 7, 2026

The IRS sent my tax return back to me in August claiming my signature didnt look like an original. I sent it back and finally received my refund in February, 2026! Good thing I didn’t need that refund!

— Karen N (@Karen51308) March 7, 2026

How did I miss all those dependents?!?
I need to file an amended return immediately pic.twitter.com/VtTeWiiCyc

— S Tallarico (@snomadrider) March 7, 2026

I was going to say, you left a pretty significant chunk of illegal aliens out.

— Rhonda Taylor (@RT22me) March 7, 2026

yes payout for congress for molesting employees the are using are taxpayers money to pay their abuse IRS is a scam in the government period

— Lulu (@Lulu18204721528) March 7, 2026

Everyone should be getting their taxes back since so much of our money was given to people who should’ve never gotten it.

— HerCryptoRise (@hercryptorise) March 7, 2026

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