Texas Cattle Ranchers on Being Audited: ‘They Want to Get You … a Kick in the Teeth’

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HAJDA: "I was very naive about the situation. I had no idea of the power, the scope, going in three years of my life. Sitting at my living room table and me having no control over that, no control over the information he was given, it was very invasive. It was very — you feel very attacked, because that guy wanted to go back and say, 'I got her.' And they want to get you. If they are coming after you for an audit, they don’t want to see your receipt and go, 'Okay, you are good.' No, they are going to nitpick your life apart and that’s not what the American dream is for self-employment, small business. That’s just a kick in the teeth, to do that to people living the American dream."