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What we need is an open, automated, auditable system where the rules are transparent. The IRS is not there to cheat you out of money, they have no incentive to
by lukeschlather 4y ago
What we need is an open, automated, auditable system where the rules are transparent. The IRS is not there to cheat you out of money, they have no incentive to do so (they don't get bonuses for that.)
On the other hand, with our present adversarial system there are a variety of private businesses that do get money when the IRS makes mistakes.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoI used to think that the IRS was not trying to cheat you out of money, and the individual employees are usually great if you return their calls and treat them with the minimum level of respect that they deserve. However, the systems at the IRS are designed to maximize revenue. The adversarial process that exists today (between you and the IRS's automated systems and processes, mediated by the humans at the IRS) allows you to generally get the benefit of being on the side that minimizes your tax burden. Usually, the more complicated your tax filing is, the more gray there is, and the more advantage you can take of it.