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How is it "very shady"? I totally buy that tax prep firms have an interest in keeping taxation complicated, but there's a not-crazy argument that the government
by twoodfin 11y ago
How is it "very shady"? I totally buy that tax prep firms have an interest in keeping taxation complicated, but there's a not-crazy argument that the government shouldn't obscure how and how much its citizens are taxed.
For one thing, forcing individuals to determine their own tax puts some practical limit on how complex the tax code can be.
- arebop 11y agoGiven that individuals can and often do outsource the execution of the tax code to software such as TurboTax, what practical limit did you have in mind? Also, it is one thing to say that the tax code should not be secret or obfuscated. It's another thing to say that tax preparation should require use of private companies. It doesn't, quite, but you can't e-file directly with the IRS...