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I’ve paid taxes in countries where it pre-filled forms. Guess what I do? I get all my forms together. Look up the numbers on the forms. Double check the ent
by refurb 3y ago
I’ve paid taxes in countries where it pre-filled forms.
Guess what I do? I get all my forms together. Look up the numbers on the forms. Double check the entries on the fillable forms are correct.
Then I get my paystubs, I check the deductions, double check the prefilled form is correct.
So what did it save me over the way US taxes are done? The form prefilled the numbers, that’s it. All the rest is the same. Same collecting forms, same doubling checking math.
And why? Because mistakes are made. My employer sent the wrong numbers in, so the prefilled form was incorrect and would have cost me about $1,000 in extra tax.
If you want to make tax filing better, make the tax code way more simple. I’ve lived in countries where the tax form was 2 pages with 12 entires. That’s it.
Now that is the way to go. I could care less about fillable forms.
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- elktown 3y ago> So what did it save me over the way US taxes are done? The form prefilled the numbers, that’s it. All the rest is the same. Same collecting forms, same doubling checking math. I'd wager that ~90% of people where I'm from where we have pre-filled tax forms does their taxes in less than 5 min (ah, looks reasonable, click).
- refurb 3y agoThat's a good reason why low income people stay low income. It's your money. You'd be smart to spend more than 5 minutes to make sure it's 100% right
- elktown 3y agoNot everyone is a arrogant cheapskate like yourself. The actual reason is that it's 99% of the time correct due to it generally being a well-functioning system proven over time.
- refurb 3y agoEasy thing to say when you’re rich. In my case it was $900 difference. I guess I’m not making those fat tech dollars like you where $900 extra is “close enough”. Must be nice. But try and remember not every is rich like you. $900 is the difference between paying rent and being homeless for a lot of people.