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0 pointsalistairSH1y ago0 comments

None of which apply to the vast majority of filers.

Nobody is saying filing taxes should never be necessary. Only that it shouldn’t be necessary for most people.

The flow should be… Employer and financial institutions send info to IRS (they mostly do already). Then, in January, IRS sends a “Is this correct?” notice to residents. If correct, no action is needed. If not correct, then make adjustments.

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nilamo1y ago

100% agree. These conversations always seem to end with lots of "what about"s, as if being easy for the average case was somehow undesirable.

dh20221y ago

How would the residents verify the amount on the notice is correct? It sounds like the residents would have to do their taxes to verify the amount on the notice....

bobthepanda1y ago

It switches the labor from manual input of every line to cross referencing, which is significantly less work

superb_dev1y ago

They don’t just send the amount, they would also send their work

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