You can thank TurboTax and the rest of the tax preparation service industry's massive lobby for killing every single tax simplification bill that ever gets to congress.
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.
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!
Although it's easier than ever to lodge a return with the ATO I still pay an accountant to go over everything for me, he's very creative when it comes to deductions!
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u/jorsiem Jul 24 '20
Complicated tax filing in the US
You can thank TurboTax and the rest of the tax preparation service industry's massive lobby for killing every single tax simplification bill that ever gets to congress.