> Oh sure, but it’s difficult for me to feel very passionate about it.

Just passionate enough to say that everyone unhappy with Intuit lobbying against free tax filing and simplified tax codes doesn’t understand?

> As mentioned in sibling posts, the IRS does NOT have the information it needs to get even close on your taxes. They know your reported income. They do not know your marital status, how you’re going to file, if or how many kids you have and will be filing for, and many other things. These all have MAJOR tax impacts.

This is misleading. The IRS does have this because for most people it does not change year to year. It would also be trivial for them to provide a way to input this data if/when it does change.

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Amezarak 16 hours ago | parent [-]

People want simplified tax codes only in principle. Everyone has a deduction or credit they will fight to defend.

	▲	dpark 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I’m not entirely sure what your point is. You say you don’t care about this but seem very invested in defending Intuit’s lobbying. You also seem to be simultaneously claiming that the US tax system is too complex for the government to feasibly automate and that filing taxes is trivial. Either you hold contradictory viewpoints here or you have some undisclosed interest in this area.