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Star Trek and Gilligan’s Island parody videos by the tax agency

Tax officials in costume on a fake starship bridge. For a staff conference. See what it cost taxpayers, with the original source.

🇺🇸 United States · 2013 · 🎉 Parties & trips

Tax officials in costume on a fake starship bridge. For a staff conference.

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US$60,000 two parody videos

To boldly go where no audit has gone before.

What actually happened

The IRS acknowledged in 2013 that a Star Trek parody made for a 2010 training conference was a mistake. Reports put spending on it and a Gilligan’s Island parody at about $60,000.

Source: Citizens Against Government Waste ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.

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