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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by ransom1538 on Monday August 13, 2018 @02:59PM (#17752640)
It is a straightforward answer:

This is because the IRS would make less money. It is like a poker game. Their number can only be smaller than yours. If you go under their number they penalize you. If you go over their number they keep the difference.

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by tptacek on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @05:07PM (#17761909)
On more than one occasion I have gotten help from the IRS that reduced the amount of money the IRS ended up collecting from me. I do not think this first-principles reasoning about the IRS is as dispositive as you think it is.
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by masklinn on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:02PM (#17752663)
> It is a straightforward answer:

It's also patent nonsense.

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by wadkar on Monday August 13, 2018 @07:56PM (#17754552)
Please refrain from name calling and personal attacks.

It would be really great if you can elaborate your point. For example, why do you think it is nonsense? What line of argument or examples can you provide to make your point?

Here’s an example:

@GP

Perhaps stating it as a fact sounds a bit too strong me. How did you come to realize this fact? Do you have any source or “experiential evidence” for stating it as a fact. Perhaps I misunderstood your analogy but I would be very happy to hear your full point.

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by ransom1538 on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:06PM (#17752691)
I am not agreeing with it just stating the fact.
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by s73v3r_ on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:23PM (#17752847)
If it's actually a fact, then you don't get to agree or disagree with it.
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by mmirate on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:14PM (#17754002)
I believe he/she was using "agree with it" as shorthand for "judge that it is a good thing".
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by masklinn on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:48PM (#17753016)
You are not stating "the fact" you are stating patent nonsense.
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by dang on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:52AM (#17756203)
Maybe so, but you've crossed into attacking and name-calling, which is a violation of the site guidelines no matter how right you are. Moreover it's unsubstantive to just declare "nonsense" without explaining anything to the reader. Please don't post like this to HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by masklinn on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:59AM (#17756227)
> Maybe so, but you've crossed into attacking and name-calling

Calling a declaration patent nonsense is not "name-calling". Stuff which is "attacking and name-calling" however include:

* insinuating that the IRS rejects pre-filling declaration because they "would make less money" despite them having supported that effort

* declaring that tax declaration is "like a poker game" and that it's "just a fact" is

* insulting other commenters, as ransom1538 has done and I have not

> Moreover it's unsubstantive to just declare "nonsense" without explaining anything to the reader.

Why would I need to substantiate a disagreement with an unsubstantiated assertion?

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by dang on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @06:05PM (#17762331)
It is name-calling in the sense that the HN guidelines use the term, and you need to follow the rules here regardless of how badly someone else is breaking them.
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by ransom1538 on Monday August 13, 2018 @05:50PM (#17753897)
Could you backup your argument a bit more? You just come off as a jerk.

You disagree that americans pay more than they should? [1]

[1] https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/taxes/2018-tax-report/

Or you disagree that paying less than you should has consequences?

https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/irs/tax-responsibilities/...

People like you ruin this message board.

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by dang on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:51AM (#17756200)
Please don't break the site guidelines yourself, regardless of whether someone else has done so.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html