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Behind the scenes, I think you'll find that this is a legal and liability issue. US Title 26 makes you and your agent legally responsible. If the IRS calcula
by GartzenDeHaes 4y ago
Behind the scenes, I think you'll find that this is a legal and liability issue. US Title 26 makes you and your agent legally responsible. If the IRS calculates your taxes for you, then they are acting as your agent and the IRS can't act as your agent of course. There's also a CYA aspect, as the government managers involved don't want to be responsible for errors and omissions.
- lamontcg 4y agoI don't know why I have to point this out, but the government is fully capable of passing a law to resolve that particular concern. And I strongly suspect it wouldn't work that way anyway, since the government would be giving you the information that it has and asking you or your agent to confirm or correct that information.
- andrewflnr 4y agoIt's always depressing when you propose a change in the rules and people counter-argue with a concern that's contingent on the current rules.
- Karunamon 4y agoIt's a valid concern in that the government has no problem with legislating and then enforcing mutually exclusive rules. Example: driving the speed limit on some highways is actually unsafe and can get you hit with an impeding ticket, driving the safe speed gives a cop license to pull you over since you are technically speeding.
- andrewflnr 4y agoAgain, > the government is fully capable of passing a law to resolve that particular concern That's an implementation detail, not a fundamental obstacle. Failing to recognize this is a failure of imagination.