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Re:Filing Taxes in Japan Is a Breeze. Why Not in the US? by rayiner on Friday April 14, 2017 @02:09PM (#14115995)
American employers only have to do withholding, which is extremely easy to calculate. Employees submit a W-4 listing the number of exemptions and any additional withholding. They plug it into a simple formula to calculate your withholding.

The withholding is not a calculation of actual taxes owed. E.g. it doesn't even have a way to account for spousal income for married couples.

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Re:Filing Taxes in Japan Is a Breeze. Why Not in the US? by kupiakos on Friday April 14, 2017 @03:13PM (#14116452)
Some places I've worked allow the withholding to be a bit more accurate by specifying conditions like spousal income. The end goal is to make the refund as small as possible.
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