I Didn’t Pay My Accountant so he Ratted Me Out to the IRS for $4M… and they Paid Him a Huge Reward

Am I the Jerk?

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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0:00.0	I didn't pay my accountant, so he ratted me out to the IRS for 4 million, and they paid
0:06.0	him a huge reward.
0:09.0	My buddy is an accountant, and he has his own firm.
0:12.0	His biggest clients are small to medium-sized businesses.
0:15.0	Well, he had a client who owned four different clubs or bars in two different cities.
0:20.0	The client was always shady and
0:22.0	always slow on payment. I was also a customer of one of the bars and they had a poker game
0:26.5	that I'd play in on Thursdays. Well, one day I'm at my buddy's house, having a few beers, and he's
0:32.5	complaining about non-payment from a client. I ask who and he doesn't want to say. But it's really bugging him
0:38.7	because it's a significant chunk of change. He then says the name, we'll call him Scott.
0:44.4	I'm like, wow, Scott isn't paying you? He then says, Scott is saying business is way down,
0:49.7	and I think, that's odd. I've been going to one of Scott's places, and every Thursday it's
0:54.1	packed.
0:55.0	My buddy looks at me and goes, really? And I go, yeah, he does this new cash discount, I think.
1:01.1	15% off your tab if you pay cash. And my buddy goes, really? I tell him all about my experience
1:08.0	at Scott's Bar and eventually the topic changes.
1:11.1	A few weeks later my buddy calls me up and says,
1:13.4	Are you going to Scott's Bar to play poker?
1:15.7	And I say, yeah.
1:17.3	He says, can I join?
1:18.9	I go, sure.
1:20.5	He joins, we get a few drinks in, lose our money at poker.
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