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Pedantry: the article claims "Paying taxes is a universal experience", but only 60.4% (2024) of American households pay income tax.
by whycombinetor 10mo ago
Pedantry: the article claims "Paying taxes is a universal experience", but only 60.4% (2024) of American households pay income tax.
- amanaplanacanal 10mo agoA large majority have to file though, even if they don't owe any taxes. It's still a pain in the ass.
- toomuchtodo 10mo agoUnfortunately, the IRS built DirectFile to enable free filing and the current admin killed it. Maybe we’ll get it back in three years after regime change. https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=directfile&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- loeg 10mo agoThis is a rhetorical sleight of hand; almost everyone pays FICA taxes at some point in their life, and of course there are other taxes than Federal income tax.
- whycombinetor 10mo agoIs it? The article is exclusively about federal income tax - spefically the variable part that you have to calculate yourself, not the constant % that's automatically withheld from your paycheck (FICA).