(AP) — Nobody’s going to win an Emmy for a parody of the TV show “Star Trek” filmed by Internal Revenue Service employees at an agency studio in Maryland.

Instead, the IRS got a rebuke from Congress for wasting taxpayer dollars.

The agency says the video, and another parodying the TV show “Gilligan’s Island,” cost about $60,000 to produce. But apparently the “Star Trek” video accounted for most of the money.

The six-minute clip was was shown at the opening of a 2010 training and leadership conference, but even the Associated Press notes that it “does not appear to have any training value.”

The cringe-worthy spoof features an elaborate set depicting the control room, or bridge, of the spaceship featured in the hit TV show. IRS workers portray the characters, including one who plays Mr. Spock, complete with fake hair and pointed ears.

The production value is high, though the acting is what one might expect from a bunch of tax collectors. In the video, the spaceship is approaching the planet “Notax,” where fraud, money laundering, and alien identity theft appear to be a problem.

“Back in Russia, I dreamed someday I’d be rich and famous,” one of the Star Trek tax collectors says during the clip.

“Me too, that’s why I became a public servant,” his friend responds with a grin, “fist bumping” the Russian.

The agency apologized in a statement: “The IRS recognizes and takes seriously our obligation to be good stewards of government resources and taxpayer dollars…There is no mistaking that this video did not reflect the best stewardship of resources.”

It also said it has tightened controls over the use of its production equipment to “ensure that all IRS videos are handled in a judicious manner that makes wise use of taxpayer funds while ensuring a tone and theme appropriate for the nation’s tax system.”

“A video of this type would not be made today,” the agency claimed.

“I dreamed someday I’d be rich and famous,” one of the tax collectors says.

“Me too, that’s why I became a public servant,” his friend responds with a grin.

“I dreamed someday I’d be rich and famous,” one of the tax collectors says.

“Me too, that’s why I became a public servant,” his friend responds with a grin.

A Freudian slip?