It doesn’t mean Irwin R. Shyster?

irsThe Internal Revenue Service would like me to remind you that you need to have your taxes (or an extension) filed by midnight tonight. It is April 15, and if you’re an adult and don’t know what that means, you probably deserve to be audited.

Being as how the wife and I are poor, and count on our tax return to pay off bills and get a little ahead, we tend to file our taxes right around the first of February. Home ownership, kids, and a small(ish) combined income makes for a large return that tends to make the rest of the year run on rails, financially.

But, for those of you who have totally spaced on this, and have no idea what to do, and just hope you can scoot under the radar of various government agencies (in a recession? bitch, please) and just skip on paying your taxes this one time, I’ve got a song for you. No – it’s not “Taxman” by the Beatles. I could go the rest of my life without hearing that at this time of year. No, it’s the Nimrods‘ “Runnin’ From the IRS,” off the Back Asswards compilation on Interbang Records. The song is a catchy little pop-punk number about (surprise) running from the IRS.

Actually, this could be the start of a pretty good comp. Toss in the Pinkerton Thugs‘ “Murdered By the FBI” and Anti-Flag‘s “I’m Being Watched By the CIA” and you’re off and running. It’d probably be heartily embraced by folks like those sponsoring the Tax Day Tea Parties. They aim to “expose the bankrupt liberal agenda of the White House Administration and Congress. Specifically, the flawed “Stimulus Bill” and pork filled budget.” As near as I can tell, these “tea parties” are just another set of protests, but at least the name’s catchy.

the Nimrods – “Runnin’ From the IRS” (from Back Asswards)