Taxes in a Game Paradigm

It occurs to me that doing taxes is a lot like playing a game. There's a lot of different types of players in the tax game -- there's those that play the game themselves (by reading the tax book and filling it out the old fashioned way), there's those that use helper programs (like TurboTax and Taxcut), and then there are those that pay others to play the game for them (by hiring an accountant or tax preparer).
A large part of the game is spent hunting down special items that will allow you to beat the game: things like W-2s and bank statements, and receipts. Sometimes purchasing special items like hybrid vehicles or alternative energy sources can give a big boost to your chances of winning.
How much you get back can be considered your score, and there's two bosses: the irs and the state tax board, and even if you manage to 'beat' them, they might come back for a rematch later in the form of an audit. That's one bonus round you don't want to enter into.
Victory against the fed, but a loss against the state. I really need a strategy guide against california.