Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015)

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by scarface74 on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:59PM (#17752126)

They could. I envision a one time use token for each charity you give to. You give the charity the one time use token issues by the government, and they report your donation directly to the government.

Financial institutions and other companies already give the government a copy of the form they give you for self employment income and taxable financial transactions.

The states also report state taxes and property taxes(?).

This would cover most taxpayers. If you have anything more complicated you would have to add it. This would also make enforcement easier, it could for the most part be automated.

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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by pedasmith on Monday August 13, 2018 @02:39PM (#17752477)

Why one time? Why can't I get an "alternate" IDs from the IRS where the IRS knows the "real" number it's associated with, and provide the charity with that?

Or heck, let me just tell the charity my email address, and then tell the IRS that all the donations for that email should be credited to me. People who want more privacy can "just" sign up for bespoke email addresses.

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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by scarface74 on Monday August 13, 2018 @02:46PM (#17752532)

One time use token for every charity. Much like one time use tokens that banks issue when you use Apple Pay/Google Pay (?)

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