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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by vkou on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:07PM (#21394019)
> Not having to do the hard work of making a usable tax filing system and providing phone support for users.

For 90% of Americans, the IRS could just snail-mail them a pre-filled tax form... That they could dispute, and file manually, if they disagreed with it.

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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by journalctl on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:47PM (#21394232)
They basically already do your taxes anyway, which is why you get a bill in the mail if you screw up.
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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by mehrdadn on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:59PM (#21394573)
Not sure how true this is. I know of at least one very simple instance in which they missed a rather significant typo of wages straight from a W-2.
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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by journalctl on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:39AM (#21398914)
The IRS expects payment by Tax Day if you owe, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. This necessarily involves doing the work you’d do anyway, so why not just mail that info and allow you to return it with a box checked saying “I agree that this is correct”?
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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by mehrdadn on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:34AM (#21406455)
They can and should. That has nothing to do with my response to your claim that they currently notice obvious discrepancies.
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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by vonmoltke on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:43AM (#21397044)
Months after the tax was due.
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Re:IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence... by vonmoltke on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:48AM (#21397087)
Sure, given some structural changes to the filing system like pulling in the deadlines for business filings or pushing the expectation of settling tax bills beyond April 15.
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