Dafuq...
Apparently the IRS considers that 'training'.[quote]"The 2011 series was used to train 1,900 taxpayer assistance employees in approximately 400 locations across the United States, saving an estimated $1.5 million as compared to the potential costs to train these employees in person," the IRS statement said.[/quote]
[quote]The IRS told Congress the cost of producing the two videos was thought to be about $60,000 dollars.[/quote]
But...
[quote]CBS News filed a Freedom of Information request asking for the video after the IRS earlier refused to turn over a copy to the congressional committee that oversees tax issues: House Ways and Means. According to committee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-LA), the video was produced in the IRS's own television studio in New Carrollton, MD. [u]The studio may have cost taxpayers more than $4 million dollars last year alone.[/u][/quote]
Let's do some math.
~$4 million - $1.5 million = ?
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Why is the IRS making movies in the first place, wtf?
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2.5 Mil