I'm glad you're calling out that the US in general has had a complicated tax situation well before the Intuits and the H&R Blocks of the world came into being. It's easy to look to a singular demon when the problem is complex and generational.

However, the callouts for tax return preparation companies lobbying against simplification are still valid. It's also fair to advocate for changing the allocation of energy by the US's IRS from auditing underprivileged folks and slapping them with fines to assisting them in validating that they've met their tax obligations.