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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by socialist_coder on Thursday March 30, 2017 @12:49AM (#13992996)
Ok, is anything in this proposal preventing you from using Turbo-tax, your accountant, or just doing it yourself by hand?

No one is forcing you to use the IRS pre-filled form. What is the problem? Let the "idiots" pay extra taxes if they want and smart guys like you can spend extra time and money doing your taxes the old way.

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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by bingomad123 on Friday March 31, 2017 @01:11AM (#14001308)
Well, the problem with what happens what government has pre-filled on the form differs from my interpretation!

As a matter of principle I am even opposed to tax deductions at source. Each individual must sign a check at the end of the year/month and pay taxes. This makes sure he feels the pinch.

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