If you have nothing to hide, then answer the question. If you cannot answer it yourself, find an IRS lawyer who can. If you cannot find one who can address it, then stop terrorizing Americans for doing exactly what your regulations tell them to do. What you are doing is criminal, and you are personally responsible for your actions. Don’t bother trying to claim that you are “just following orders.” You personally have just been shown what your own regulations say. If you now fail to abide by it, then you are a criminal, and you will be treated as such.