case over to the dreaded Gestapo. Whoops I’m  sorry that was not the Gestapo it was the IRS.

Fifteen days after he got the money the IRS in the form of a smiling agent showed up at his door. He asked Tom to tell him where the money ,on which he had paid no tax and which he had not reported , came from.  Tom, of course, said an elf gave it to him and he didn’t know that elf money was taxable. At this point the IRS agent stopped smiling.

“You know and I know that there are no elves” he said.” Now tell the truth”

But poor Tom said again an elf gave it to me.

At that point the IRS agent pulled out his calculator and went to work. It seemed they had checked and discovered he had filed no IRS forms for the last ten years. So they were going to assume he made $100,000 a year. They didn't care at this point how he made it. He didn’t report it and he didn’t pay tax on it. So there is tax due, and penalties, and interest, and interest on the penalties, and penalties on the interest on the penalties..

After everything was  figured Tom owed the government One million one hundred  six dollars and fourteen cents. So the IRS was seizing the million and giving him thirty days to pay the rest.

Now, of course, Tom could appeal but what judge would believe that an elf gave him the money?

He would have to get a job to pay the rest of what he owed.

Now there are several morals to this story:

1. The truth does not influence the IRS.

2. Be careful what you wish for you may get it.

3. People you help will not hesitate to turn on you.

4. If an elf gives you a wish and you want a million dollars have it deposited by the elf in an offshore bank.