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The complexity of the tax code is a result of negotiations between various political and commercial interests and lawmakers at the federal and state level. Simp
by seunosewa 3y ago
The complexity of the tax code is a result of negotiations between various political and commercial interests and lawmakers at the federal and state level. Simplifying it means changing a whole lot of laws touching taxation, which is practically impossible when the people negatively impacted by each change will be lobbying hard against. It's hard enough to get a single bill through congress. If they somehow achieved the impossible feat of changing all bills that touch taxation, the code will start accumulating complexity again starting from the next day.
- phpisthebest 3y agoThe complexity of the tax code is a result of the starting assumption that all income belongs to the government and anytime they exempt some kind or level of income that is a "cost" to the government that then has to be offset by other rules in the tax code