Re:IRS will look into setting up a free e-filing system
by refurb on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:01PM
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I think people overestimate the time savings with pre-filled tax forms.
I've filed taxes in countries that "auto-complete" your return. What I end up doing in that case is pulling all the forms I received, double checking all the numbers, and if they are correct, hitting "submit".
So I basically end up doing the return anyways.
That said it was much simpler - but not because the form was already filled out, but because the tax code was way simpler.
If the IRS starts auto-completing forms, people are either going to still have to "do their taxes" or just take the risk that the numbers are right.
If you had a super simple return to start with, it wasn't much work anyways.
I've filed taxes in countries that "auto-complete" your return. What I end up doing in that case is pulling all the forms I received, double checking all the numbers, and if they are correct, hitting "submit".
So I basically end up doing the return anyways.
That said it was much simpler - but not because the form was already filled out, but because the tax code was way simpler.
If the IRS starts auto-completing forms, people are either going to still have to "do their taxes" or just take the risk that the numbers are right.
If you had a super simple return to start with, it wasn't much work anyways.