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It seems that we should just require any company providing taxable things to common people (e.g. employers and banks) to do all of the work. Then the IRS can ju
by cballard 11y ago
It seems that we should just require any company providing taxable things to common people (e.g. employers and banks) to do all of the work. Then the IRS can just figure it all out from that, you have a few checkboxes for if you have dependents, and it does all of the math for you. That way we have a smaller set of organizations doing the work once instead of every taxpayer doing it independently.
- coldpie 11y agoBut think of the cost such regulation would cause upon our poor, under-served businesses! There's no way they could survive under such obligations! Won't somebody think of the businesses?!? And don't forget to conveniently ignore the time cost of each individual taxpayer spending several hours every year doing their taxes (not to mention evaluating dozens of healthcare options...) or paying some business to do their taxes instead.
- maxerickson 11y agoWhat work do you mean? There are already extensive reporting requirements for pretty much any entity involved in a situation where someone might make income. I think pretty much any tax document an individual receives has also been provided to the IRS. (For instance, stock brokers must now track lots for their customers, employers withhold payroll taxes and report income, etc)