In this instance, the IRS has really gone to far. Why must the agency be such a burden to the hard working professionals in Hollywood? Just one look at Joaquin Phoenix and you could see the effect. Or it could be constipation, but who can really say.
This move by the IRS is particularly overbearing when you consider the non-winners. Winners could care less about the taxes since an Oscar is a guarantee of more roles and more money.
The losers, on the other hand, must suffer twofold. First, they have to do their best acting performance by pretending to be happy the lost. Second, they have to suffer their loss of instant fame. I mean, remember that actor. Name was Johnny Depp or something? He lost and who has heard of him since?