The thinking is that the more painful filing your taxes is, the more people will have a negative perception of taxes in general and be opposed to tax increases.

The thinking is that the more painful filing your taxes is, the more people will have a negative perception of taxes in general and be opposed to tax increases. There was an interesting Planet Money episode about this [0]. [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/03/22/52 https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/03/22/52