Hey Freedom Seekers!

The IRS is "dazed and confused," creating a perfect moment for tax delinquents to clean up their act. Meanwhile, business owners face a storm of tax scams demanding immediate attention.

We'll reveal the $4,800 email that would make Ben Settle proud and why social media is the new Main Street while you're still stuck in a strip mall. The "Tomorrow Trap" is silently killing your business, and TikTok Shop has surged past Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest in new buyer acquisition.

Time to break free and seize the opportunities others are missing.

TRENDINGS

IRS "DAZED AND CONFUSED": THE PERFECT MOMENT FOR TAX DELINQUENTS TO COME CLEAN!

March 30, 2025

Dear Freedom-Seeking Entrepreneur,

Has tax anxiety kept you up at night? Been playing hide-and-seek with the IRS? THIS IS YOUR MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY!

The tax collection behemoth is about to be GUTTED from the inside out. Internal plans reveal an imminent workforce slashing that could cut its 90,000-person army of tax collectors BY HALF!

Let me be crystal clear: The IRS is entering a state of unprecedented CHAOS. They're DAZED AND CONFUSED—and this creates a rare window for those who've been operating in the shadows.

THE UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY

For entrepreneurs who have been:

• Behind on filing returns

• Carrying substantial back tax debt

• Operating with questionable documentation

• Avoiding the system entirely

The stars have aligned in a way we may never see again in our lifetimes.

WHY THIS MATTERS NOW

FINANCIAL

THE PERFECT TAX SCAM STORM": CRITICAL ALERT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS!

"We're seeing unprecedented levels of sophisticated tax scams targeting small business owners this season. With the IRS gutted by layoffs, criminals know enforcement is at its weakest point in decades. It's like leaving your front door wide open in a high-crime neighborhood." — Carlos Samaniego, EA

When one of the nation's top Enrolled Agents delivers a warning this stark, I pay attention. And so should you.

THE ALARMING NEW REALITY

The gutting of the IRS workforce has created a vacuum that scammers are flooding into with military precision. Their targets? Self-employed professionals and business owners like YOU who handle their own financial affairs.

Why? Because your information is more valuable, your potential refunds are larger, and the complexity of your returns makes fraud harder to detect.

THE FOUR DEADLY TRAPS BEING SET FOR YOU

Samaniego's office has documented, Read and converse with tax professionals across the country and explosion of sophisticated scams specifically engineered to exploit the current IRS weakness:

1. The Urgency Trap – Messages creating artificial deadlines or threats of immediate legal action. "These aren't just annoying—they're carefully crafted psychological triggers designed to bypass your normal verification processes," warns Samaniego.

2. The Isolation Maneuver – When scammers warn against consulting others. "The moment someone tells you not to verify with your regular financial advisor, they've revealed their hand," Samaniego explains. "Legitimate tax strategies welcome scrutiny."

MARKETING SALES

The $4,800 Email That Would Make Ben Settle Proud

You already know I’m a student of the greats—Dan Kennedy, Gary Halbert, Larry Winget—and one email copywriter who’s had a massive impact on how I approach my tax resolution marketing is Ben Settle.

I’ve been quietly applying his daily email principles, and let me tell you... one of those lessons just paid off big time.

Let me show you what happened:

Last Tuesday, I sent what turned out to be one of the most profitable emails I’ve ever written. No fancy design. No multiple links. No marketing hype.

It was just nine simple words:

That was it.

No logo. No PS. No hard pitch. Just a personal, human-sounding message sent to list people who had previously mentioned a tax issue.

Here’s what happened:

TECHNOLOGY

Social Media Is the New Main Street—And You’re Still Sitting in a Strip Mall

If you’re still treating social media like your teenage nephew’s playground—somewhere to post dance videos, memes, and holiday wishes—you’re in for a rude awakening.

Social media isn't a “nice-to-have.”
It's not a hobby.
It’s not a fad.

It’s the new storefront.
Scratch that—it’s the new MALL.

And if your business isn’t set up to sell right there on the feed, you’re already losing sales to the businesses that are.

What the Hell Happened?

Let’s get something straight:
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok—these aren’t just “social” platforms anymore.

They are full-blown, frictionless e-commerce machines.

• Instagram Shopping

• Facebook Shops

• TikTok Shop

People don’t browse anymore—they buy.
Scrolling is shopping.
If you're not in their feed, you're not in their wallet.

In China, live social selling is pulling in millions of dollars during a single live stream. You think that’s a joke? It's not. And it's already heading our way—fast.

The U.S. is catching up, and the ones who jump now? They win.
The ones who wait? They whine.

Here’s Why You Should Be Scared (and Excited)

ENTREPRENEUR LIFE

The ‘Tomorrow Trap’ Is Silently Killing Your Business (And Personal Life) While You’re Too Busy to Notice!

“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.” — Seneca

This weekend, amidst the sunshine of San Diego, I watched my grandson Kainalu celebrate his first birthday. Four generations gathered around a small boy with cake-smeared fingers and wide, curious eyes.

My father and mother—his great-grandparents—were there, their hands weathered by decades yet still strong enough to hold him. I found myself transported to a memory of my own childhood: my great-grandmother, small and fragile, making homemade tortillas in the kitchen corner while family celebrations swirled around her.

The juxtaposition struck me. That memory, so vivid in my mind, is connected to today by nothing more than the thin thread of time—a thread that seems to grow shorter with each passing year.

As entrepreneurs and builders, we often fall into what the Stoics would call the “expectancy trap.” We defer life while we build our empires. We tell ourselves: After this launch. After this milestone. After we hit this revenue target. Then I’ll be present. Then I’ll celebrate. Then I’ll slow down.

But Marcus Aurelius reminds us: “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

TikTok Shop didn’t just show up—it blew past Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest in adding new buyers in just one year.
With over 7 million U.S. businesses using it to market and sell, TikTok has become a sales machine hiding in plain sight.

But now?
A looming U.S. deadline threatens to pull the plug—and businesses and creators who rely on the app could find themselves scrambling overnight.

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