07-15-2020, 06:15 PM
davester wrote:
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Most people shouldn't even have to spend any time filling out tax paperwork of any kind, including online.
The IRS and the states should simply send taxpayers a link they can go to and review all their tax data, and click "accept" if all is cool.
If they disagree, then the taxpayer can fill out tax paperwork.
For most people who work for someone else, this is how it should be. The government already has all of my data before I file. Why should this work have to be duplicated?
For most other western countries this is how it works. You don't need to file a tax return. But guess what...financial services industries (i.e. tax accountants, tax software companies and the like) have fought hard against attempts by the IRS to put an end to our archaic system by lobbying (i.e. legalized bribery) congress. What a corrupt mess.
Vox has been following this for years. https://www.vox.com/2019/4/9/18301943/la...k-turbotax