They have all the information they need on me, they double-check my work, just do away with the whole dog and pony show.
Eliminate the personal income tax. Everyone in personal tax side of HR Block and IRS can find some other career which is useful. Rake the beaches or something.
I would get a message that my pre-populated form needed review.
I’d then track down all my statements that fed into those numbers - charitable deductions, payroll, retirement, investments. Then I’d sit down and add it all up to make sure the numbers were right.
Not a whole lot different than doing my own returns in the US.
Far simpler, of course, but not because the forms were filled out but because the tax code was just way less complex.
Note that I'm not saying we don't need agents or enforcement or anything like that - I mean the paper-pushing, form-filing bullshit that eats up countless hours of time.
I do not trust ProPublica.
I do not trust the IRS.
I do not trust those who trust ProPublica.
I do not trust those who trust the IRS.
> The industry has tried to block or subvert a government free tax filing system for decades. ProPublica has reported for years on how companies have sometimes even tricked customers into paying for services that they should have gotten for free. Those articles led to investigations by federal agencies and states as well as a barrage of consumer legal actions. The reporting was also cited by Senate Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden, who was behind the new provision. The companies maintain they did nothing wrong.
Propublica has really done a tremendous job driving this forward.
Your income is reported and taxes will be withheld from each paycheque, your bank gives them all your details, and your healthcare provider also provides reports.
I can imagine the average American would be uncomfortable with the required data collection.
