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If tax codes are so complex that authorities struggle to maintain the code that implements them, how are humans supposed to understand them well enough to follo
by nitsky 6y ago
If tax codes are so complex that authorities struggle to maintain the code that implements them, how are humans supposed to understand them well enough to follow the incentives they are designed to create?
- dragontamer 6y agoMost people don't know about the muscles or bone structures in their hands, but most people seem to know how to use their hands anyway, despite the gross complexity involved.
- valuearb 6y agoMost people aren’t at a gross disadvantage to those who know how to game the system or bribe authorities to make their hands work far better than others.
- consp 6y agoMost of the time you only need a small subset which is manageable. I once tried to increase my deductions as a normal citizen but this went nowhere quickly as you need to create giant loopholes to get it done as a person. Businesses on the other hand are the ones using the complex stuff and they can hire an expert (in this case expensive doctors in the case of the body metaphor of the other poster) at quite some cost.
- ip26 6y agoLike every other piece of software they are probably spending 90% of their time on edge & corner cases while citizens are spending 90% of their time solidly in the simple core functionality.