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How about the IRS send us a filled out tax return instead... and we can amend it.
by Vladimof 4y ago
How about the IRS send us a filled out tax return instead... and we can amend it.
- mkaic 4y agoFor real. This is how the system ought to work. If they have the resources to come after you if you accidentally filled something out wrong, they have the resources to fill it out right for you in the first place. The tax system in the USA is nothing short of a farce.
- throwawayboise 4y agoTo be fair, the IRS does not "come after you" if you make a mistake. They send you a letter, with request for the additional amount due, and if you agree, you pay it. Done.
- Vladimof 4y agoI think that the IRS is hoping that people make mistakes in their favor... I.E.: Anyone ever got a letter from the IRS saying that they paid too much?
- ars 4y agoHappens all the time. I got one from a State once, and I'm still convinced I was right and they were wrong, I'm not exactly going to argue with them, when they're sending me money. However if you report more interest, or wages than they know about they will take your numbers as is - they assume you are reporting under the table income. They will however fix arithmetic errors, and give you credit for things you should have asked for (dependent deductions for example).
- ars 4y agoHere's how I do my tax return: I go to the IRS website, I download my data (all the forms submitted about me). I enter them by hand into a tax program, it then generates a tax returns and sends it back. There's almost nothing in there that needs me as part of the process, except demographic info.