Men and cheating the taxman

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by Michelle Singletary, Washington Post

James Brown was right when he sang, “This is a man’s world.”

Well, he was right at least when it comes to the world of tax cheats.

Turns out the overwhelming majority of people who admit they would cheat on their income taxes are men, according to a fascinating study by DDB Worldwide Communications Group, an advertising and marketing firm.

In the survey of more than 6,400 adults, 15 percent of respondents said they are likely to cheat on their taxes. Of that group, 64 percent were men — most of them single and under age 45.

Full story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/men_and_cheating_the_taxman/2011/03/28/AFDMHUPC_story.html

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1. I think on DU it is permissible to cheat on your taxes as

long as you are not rich. I tried making the point a couple days ago about all the people doing jobs under the table and not paying taxes but that's what I ran into here.

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2. Well, that tells us men are more likely to admit cheating.

It doesn't mean they are more likely to do it.