In this case, it wouldn’t have even been hard to find that evidence, though you are assertion is oversimplified:
“ for the vast majority of the population, most of the pain of tax compliance could be eliminated by a few keystrokes at IRS headquarters. So why don’t we do it? Two reasons. One is lobbying by the tax preparation industry to discourage states and the feds from developing easier tax-paying systems, as California recently did. The second is lobbying by anti-tax conservatives. When the Golden State implemented its ReadyReturn system, it did so over the objections of Grover Norquist and his anti-tax pressure group Americans for Tax Reform, which fears that if taxes become less annoying voters might be less unhappy about paying them.” https://slate.com/business/2012/04/grover-norquist-and-h-r-b...
All of this took me 120 seconds with Perplexity AI. As we strive towards being a better nation, or at least a better community, I beg that future micro-polemicists invest that much time before hitting “post”
What has changed in the republican party's stance on taxes in the last 22 years? Maybe nothing, but the point is that it actually is hard to assume that it's an explicit part of the Republican platform to make taxes difficult to file by referencing an old article from a left-leaning magazine that actually doesn't mention the word "republican" once.
[1] https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart [2] https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/05/is-slate-magazin...
I don’t think anyone should need to give sources for such basic political stances as where each party takes on Abortion etc. This isn’t controversial, the parties are trying to get their message out so people will vote accordingly.
Take the EITC: It’s one of the most important redistributive/anti-poverty components of the tax code. It’s also a massive source of fraud, much of which is potentially unintentional, as the eligibility requirements are complex.
Do we want the IRS tracking whether a supermarket cashier living with her boyfriend and her child is contributing more than 50% to the household’s total income? What if they break up 9 months into the year and he moves out? Does she need to send the IRS a notice?
Some exercises are ok to leave for the reader.
Geez you can get audit for a filing up to 7 years ago (I believe). This is a bipartisan Fed level effort to keep the punters in line and obedient.
How do you know that fives years down the road received a cheque from the IRS for a mistake the IRS made?
