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> In the United States the tax code is a lot more complex. what do you think OP was talking about? they are keeping it complex on purpose.
by sngz 4y ago
> In the United States the tax code is a lot more complex.
what do you think OP was talking about? they are keeping it complex on purpose.
- gst 4y agoBut all of that complexity seems to be added with good intentions. Just look at the "Coronavirus Tax Relief" as the latest example which by itself has a long FAQ page describing all of the details: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/coronavirus-related-relief-for-retirement-plans-and-iras-questions-and-answers https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/coronavirus-related-relief-for-.... Adding that to the tax code was probably the best short-term approach to quickly ship something (and lots of people are probably in favor of those changes), but that complexity adds up over time. To me this looks somewhat like the broken windows fallacy: In countries where the tax code is simple and allow for "automated" taxes nobody is going to advocate for a new law if it makes filing taxes a lot more complicated. But in countries where the tax code is already complex adding one more complex law doesn't make too much of a difference.
- postmeta 4y agowhat about the people profiting off the complexity? and turbotax lobbying the government for more complexity? https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-f...
- kube-system 4y agoSome of the complexity is also due to the design of our governments. I don’t know much about taxes in Spain, but I’d guess the number of income tax jurisdictions there is not a 3 digit number.
- bigbacaloa 4y agoWe are talking about federal income taxes.