>I'm annoyed that there is no simple system for the IRS to tell me what I owe, and let me pay or dispute. How weird is it that this is not the norm? In Sweden,

>I'm annoyed that there is no simple system for the IRS to tell me what I owe, and let me pay or dispute. How weird is it that this is not the norm? In Sweden, this is exactly the way it works. You get a piece of paper every year saying "according to what your employer and other instances have reported, here's what we think you owe". You can dispute it, but best of all: if you have nothing to dispute, you can OK it cryptographically (look up "bank-id"), or even OK it via SMS, by sending a pre-generated code given to you on paper. If you do, you get your payout (if any) just a month or two later.