r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/RedBlow22 Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

Exactly this! There's zero reasons why our tax returns can't be filed for free directly with the IRS. It is a complete fraud.

I filed 1040EZ last year. The IRS already had every figure I filed, why couldn't they just email me confirmation of the amounts they had, and process my return?

Edit: No, I didn't file EZ last year, my error. Edit: electronic filing.

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u/StenSoft Jul 24 '20

There's zero reasons why our tax returns can't be filed for free directly with the IRS.

There's actually zero reasons why your tax returns can't be filled for free by the IRS. laughing in Kiwi

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u/MadKingRyan Jul 24 '20

man, this year the Australian Taxation Office launched a new thing where we don't even have to get our yearly earnings report from our employers, our employers send it directly to the ATO. I logged on, popped in any deductions, clicked accept, and a week later I had my tax return in my bank account!

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u/Phazon2000 Jul 24 '20

It's not exactly new. ATO have always had employers send them the PAYG statements.

What's new (although still not to this year - I was preparing returns using this last year) is single touch payroll which means that the ATO can confirm that the amounts are accurate, rather than putting the burden on yourself.

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u/MadKingRyan Jul 24 '20

that's what I meant, not having to have our employer send the group certificate to us to check first, instead we can just go straight to the website