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The UK is 4 countries with a government plus two devolved governments which have their own nuances and quirks. There's 67m people and a GDP of $2.7T USD. The va
by maccard 2y ago
The UK is 4 countries with a government plus two devolved governments which have their own nuances and quirks. There's 67m people and a GDP of $2.7T USD. The vast, vast majority of people in the UK get a ltter once. ayear saying "this is how much tax you paid last year" and that's it. For the vast majority of people who _do_ have to engage, they file a self assessment which is a government form that is pre-populated with all the information they have already. Banks and financial institutions are required to give you annual statements which make filling in any missing details quite easy, but for most people it's 30 minutes of clicking and triple checking numbers.
There's no excuse for the state of the US system other than incompetence and greed.
- mulmen 2y agoYes the tax filing system is overly complex in the US, and the IRS is rightly improving that. But the tax code itself is always going to be complicated.
- 2Gkashmiri 2y agoindian taxation is archiac, modern, lengthy and most fucked up and yet there are only policy decisions that are problematic. the same can be fixed the next day. other than that, it works fairly well
- maccard 2y agoOne of the reasons the tax code is complicated is because everyone fills in a tax return. One of the reasons everyone fills in a tax return is because the tax code is complicated.