"4) Think for a minute what this implies: that a government agency that is responsible for collecting money should also be the sole source for computing how muc

"4) Think for a minute what this implies: that a government agency that is responsible for collecting money should also be the sole source for computing how much money is owed." Did you even read the article? All they are saying is the IRS could "pre-fill" your forms. If you don't agree, you can change the values, or get a CPA and do the whole thing completely independently. Where did you get the 'govt would be the sole source' argument? Baseless fear-mongering like this doesn't do any good for any one (except Intuit maybe)