You are correct. But I find his argument to be BS. 1) if it is a simple number, it will be _easier_ to notice it rising. 2) For sure most people using softwar

You are correct. But I find his argument to be BS. 1) if it is a simple number, it will be _easier_ to notice it rising. 2) For sure most people using software have no clue what it does. If the software told them they owe 1k more, they would pay it. So when he says that making it simpler would mean people wouldn't notice change to the tax code etc... well, I have a hard time believing they would notice in today's system! I think he is full of s__t. He should be for a simpler system were the focus is not on detailed expenses and what not but on a simple number. This actually makes it easy to know if they went up. Intuit can then provide a software "why did my taxes go up" if it feels like it :)