| ▲ | klausa a day ago | ||||||||||||||||
This argument could be put in a museum as a perfect illustration of the "Perfect is the enemy of good" maxim. Would just relying on the information from your employers cover all possible edge-cases? No. Would it dramatically simplify the process for (tens?) millions of people? Absolutely. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | terminalshort a day ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The info that the IRS has from your employer is maybe 5 boxes on your return. Literally takes a few minutes to take the info from your w-2 and put it on a 1040. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Amezarak a day ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The number and type of people living in your household is not an edge case. It applies to almost everyone, has huge tax impacts, and the IRS doesn’t know. | |||||||||||||||||
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