With current tax code, not taking standard deduction is more of an exception than a rule. It has to be supported, and you should be able to change it. But ther

With current tax code, not taking standard deduction is more of an exception than a rule. It has to be supported, and you should be able to change it. But there's really no reason today for why IRS doesn't send you "this is what we think you owe, based on this data that we have. Click to accept or add more data". That process would hugely simplify taxes for majority of Americans and wouldn't impact people who have more complex cases.