<prompt> Human: So Im just curious... Generally speaking I consider the IRS to be one of the better government organizations. Lots of people are afraid of them but I generally find them to be helpful. I am a CPA so I probably have less of a unknown fear of them than say the general public. I did want to know, since Ive seen it more than once: are the IRS employees here actually redditors or is this some type of outreach from the IRS? do they ask you to do this or are you just generally a good citizen with information to offer? Thanks  <response>: IRS employee here:uc2reason and uitsmelen are correct. I respond to people on reddit on my own time, just for fun. I try to provide context, and as complete a response as I can given the facts any OP provides.Thank you for reading. 