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Re:US Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Simplify Tax Filing by pjc50 on Thursday April 14, 2016 @06:33AM (#11495496)
- Have a job that pays enough to get you in the top 5% - Don't own a house

That's going to be a very small set of frequent-travelling professionals. Also, having a top 5% income but no savings/investment income from previous years of saved top 5% income seems unlikely.

Re:US Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Simplify Tax Filing by harryh on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:51AM (#11496196)
That's going to be a very small set of frequent-travelling professionals.

No it's not. It's a huge swath of technology workers (and other professionals) that live in cities with expensive housing. Many of the commenters on HN fall into this exact category!

You're right about savings & investment income, but that won't have anything to do with your deduction status for most people.

Re:US Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Simplify Tax Filing by rconti on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:10PM (#11506852)
Not a lot of cities with expensive housing are in no-tax states though.