Currently people seeking the EITC and Mortgage Interest Deduction have to file. This wouldn't change that. Nor is there a prohibition against the IRS sending a

Currently people seeking the EITC and Mortgage Interest Deduction have to file. This wouldn't change that. Nor is there a prohibition against the IRS sending a nice note encouraging folks to file if they want to take advantage of these benefits. It doesn't have to look like a bill. We may just disagree on the size of the burden or the ability to ameliorate risks/downsides, but I'm having a hard time imagining that they cannot be addressed with _implementation_ choices on a pre-filed return. I feel like this is important because it seems like we agree on the fundamentals: that the tax code should advantage the vulnerable, that filing should be as easy as possible, and that taxpayers should be able to discover and utilize all breaks available to them. The status quo does not seem _nearly_ good enough at these things to be worth preserving.