In my experience people really love the "The IRS already knows how much you owe" meme and you'll never get much more than downvotes for clarifying the truth of

In my experience people really love the "The IRS already knows how much you owe" meme and you'll never get much more than downvotes for clarifying the truth of it. In a better world our taxes could be simpler, but for now let's do our taxes the way they do need to be done.