--- title: 27% of People Would Get an 'IRS' Tattoo if It Meant Never Paying Taxes description: Everyone hates taxes and now this survey from WalletHub shows just how much. authors: - name: Ethan Wolff-Mann url: https://money.com/author/ethan-wolff-mann/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 160 covers: - Taxes - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Shopping - Technology social: - https://x.com/ewolffmann former_staff: true published: '2016-03-21T15:51:18.000Z' modified: '2016-03-21T15:51:18.000Z' section: Taxes tags: - IRS - pubdesk - Taxes word_count: 341 canonical: https://money.com/how-much-people-hate-taxes-irs/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Tax Filer Feels Crunch Of April 15 Tax-Filing Deadline](https://img.money.com/2016/03/gettyimages-3353562.jpg) Taxes are extremely unpleasant to many people. They make every paycheck smaller, and once a year you fill out all that paperwork that you don't *really* understand, hoping you don't make a mistake that leads to a knock at the door by some men in black. (FYI: They don't show up out of the blue; you usually get a ton of letters in the mail first.) [WalletHub](https://wallethub.com/blog/tax-survey/20056/) decided to conduct a survey to see exactly how much people dislike the IRS. On the one hand, the results clearly show how "seriously" people consider online surveys. But they also reveal some deep-seated truths about the extent to which the American public loathes taxes. Here are some highlights: When asked what they would do in exchange for a future with no taxes, 27% of the survey respondents said they'd be willing to get an IRS tattoo. Another 11% would clean Chipotle toilets for three years, and 10% agreed to not talk for six months (easier for some than others). Meanwhile, 8% would name their first-born "Taxes" if the tradeoff was no taxes, 4% would kill someone if they didn't get caught, and 4% would spend a year in prison. (Unfortunately, you'd probably spend a lot more time in jail than that if you refused to ever pay taxes.) Interestingly, in another part of the survey, 86% said they believed the IRS is necessary, though 52% said much improvement was needed. Survey respondents were also asked to name their "favorite" tax plan, which is apparently akin to picking one's "favorite" painful dental procedure. A plurality (34%) said they didn't have a favorite tax plan, while Bernie Sanders's came in second with 26% over Donald Trump's 12%. [![Best college education image](https://content.money.com/wp-content/themes/money2018/img/college-site-banner-02.png)](https://best-colleges.time.com/money/search-colleges/?xid=cm-mcpFindTheCollegeWidget) And when faced with the proposition of doing taxes versus some other unpleasant experiences, many chose the latter. More than one-third (35%) of respondents said they'd rather give a heinously awkward sex talk with their kids than do their taxes, and 23% said they'd rather miss a connecting flight. 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