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Re:I Fought the IRS for Over $12K and won by duxup on Monday April 14, 2025 @10:06AM (#43681451)
Considering the standard deduction is default for many people now it does seem like filing taxes should just be a quick form on the IRS website.

For MOST people you take the standard deduction, and there's now only a handful of legit credits, maybe some small other types of income ... done.

Granted lots of people do NOT want it to be that easy.

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Re:I Fought the IRS for Over $12K and won by BorgHunter on Monday April 14, 2025 @10:19AM (#43681628)
The alternative minimum tax is certainly not the default for most people; you have to make quite a lot for that to be relevant. Do you mean the standard deduction?
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Re:I Fought the IRS for Over $12K and won by duxup on Monday April 14, 2025 @10:22AM (#43681665)
Yes my bad.
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Re:I Fought the IRS for Over $12K and won by BobaFloutist on Monday April 14, 2025 @08:20PM (#43687741)
Standard deduction is great but this is the first year I had enough cash to bother parking it in a Money Market Fund instead of my bank's savings account and whew boy does that have an irritating tax process.
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