WASHINGTON, D.C. — After learning of a growing body of anecdotal reports suggesting Iboga initiates are communicating with deceased family members during ceremonial experiences, the Internal Revenue Service announced the creation of its new Afterlife Division this week, tasked with recovering unpaid taxes from deadbeat Americans who previously escaped collection by dying.
Newly appointed IRS Afterlife Commissioner TT Dingleberry described the initiative as "a long-overdue expansion of federal revenue collection into historically under-enforced dimensions."
"There’s long been a saying that ‘Only two things in life are guaranteed: Death and Taxes’ — now that we’ve harnessed the transmortal power of Iboga, only one of those things is actually true — taxes,” says Dingleberry.
The announcement follows several podcast appearances in which iboga practitioners described vivid encounters with departed parents, grandparents, and ancestral figures offering life advice, emotional healing, and, according to the IRS, "valuable information about how federal authorities might contact them."
Under the new division, IRS agents will take flood doses of Iboga to enter the ancestor realm in search of any outstanding tax debt accrued by souls previously incarnated as United States citizens.
The agency has reportedly begun recruiting from the growing pool of Iboga facilitators who have trained via online programs advertised on Meta platforms and at medicine trap houses in Mexico or South Africa.
Not everyone supports the program.
Several Iboga providers criticized the government for turning sacred ancestral communion into "more soul sucking bureaucracy, literally" while one participant complained his entire ceremony was interrupted by a deceased uncle asking whether cryptocurrency losses could be deducted retroactively.
At press time, the IRS confirmed it was exploring a pilot program allowing taxpayers to negotiate payment plans through séances, provided all mediums submit the appropriate W-9 forms before contacting the spirit world.