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Why not start with simplifying the tax code, instead of letting it metasize in complexity, and then laying more complexity on top with software packages?

• slater 3y ago
  Because complexity is how you get loopholes, and The Powers That Be will never give up that option
  • throw10920 3y ago
    That's absolutely true, so I guess a better question is "Why do so many people online get excited about free filing systems, without also getting excited about reducing the complexity of the tax code as a complement to those systems".
    • CogitoCogito 3y ago
      How many people have you met who are excited about free filing systems, but not excited by simplification of the tax code? Personally I've never met such a person.
      • throw10920 3y ago
        It's rare that it gets mentioned on Hacker News, and the previous few times that I've brought it up, people actually attack it, like simplifying the tax code is a bad thing.
        • CogitoCogito 3y ago
          I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone with the opinion that simplifying the tax code is bad. You must be reading a different internet than me.