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They should also work with companies and have an opt-in for automatic filing since a lot of people just have one job. Not only do you have pay them a chunk of y
by proc0 3y ago
They should also work with companies and have an opt-in for automatic filing since a lot of people just have one job. Not only do you have pay them a chunk of your salary but you have to also do the work to report it accurately according to a complicated system.
- ghaff 3y agoIf all you have is a modest W-2 and are taking standard deduction (most people in the US) it would be nice if the IRS pre-filled out a form. It’s also pretty simple to just fill out a 1040 in those circumstances.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoThere's even a special version of the 1040 for just such circumstances.
- ghaff 3y agoUsed to be I think. I believe the EZ doesn’t exist any longer. Basic point is that if your taxes are simple enough to just say that yep these numbers square with the few pieces of paper I received in the mail, filling out a return is maybe 30 minutes work.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoIt's moronic that they got rid of that. I would say (as someone whose taxes will never take less than several hours) that those 30 minutes are about 28 minutes too many.
- wolfgang42 3y agoMy understanding is that they replaced the 1040/1040EZ split with a simplified Form 1040+Schedules 1/2/3, so instead of getting a short form (which only applied to a limited set of situations) or a long form, you always get a shorter one, plus only the addenda needed for your situation.
- hedora 3y agoThere was a push in 2017 to make filing taxes more miserable (it was an explicit goal of Trump). That was also the year when they intentionally broke the withholding calculations so that people end up owing a big unpredictable amount of money when they file, are more likely to be fined for it, etc.
- ghaff 3y agoI assume one issue was that you could start filling out an EZ only to discover that there was something requiring you to start over with a 1040.