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It's easy, but it is not as easy as it should be. They should be able to send me forms pre-filled for all of my sources of income (In my case, and in most case
by Crito 12y ago
It's easy, but it is not as easy as it should be. They should be able to send me forms pre-filled for all of my sources of income (In my case, and in most cases, they already know all of that information. Some may still need to do some data entry.) What takes me a few hours could take me a few short minutes.
- yid 12y agoGovernment doesn't move at Silicon Valley's pace. The ability to cheaply track your income from all sources and bill you directly for your taxes is barely a few decades old.
- lemming 12y agoPlenty of governments in other parts of the world already do this. In Spain (and I assume in most parts of Europe), the govt provides a draft of your return, which most people just accept through their internet bank.
- yid 12y agoThe US is a tad larger and more politically/legally disparate than Spain; those factors alone make it much more challenging.
- Rapzid 12y agoIn New Zealand you don't even have to file a return unless you owe money or have some special stuff going on. When I started working here there was a very simple flow chart ending in one of 2(or 3?) big circles with a letter in it. You find the right letter and write it on the line;done. That's the last I've dealt with Inland Revenue(IRS equivalent).
- sitkack 12y agoIntuit successfully got laws passed that prevent the government from communicating to tax payers the information it already has about taxes owed. User name is apt.