Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes?
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Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes?
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Re: Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes?
#2> A racket is a service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem, such as for a problem that does not actually exist, that will not be put into effect, or that would not otherwise exist if the racket did not exist. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_(crime))
Can someone explain to me how this description does not apply to Intuit?
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#3Hell yes please.
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#4Of course I would, since they already do. Whatever I submit is checked by them anyway, and it's generally too expensive and painful to challenge them. So…why do I have to pay the Intuit tax every year?
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#5> A racket is a service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem, such as for a problem that does not actually exist, that will not be put into effect, or that would not otherwise exist if the racket did not exist. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_(crime) ) Can someone explain to me how this description does not apply to Intuit?
The answer you aren't looking for is that Intuit doesn't actually control the US government.
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#6As an non-american this baffles me.
Why is there so much distrust towards the government, police, and military in US ? Isn't the US the oldest democracy ?
Society is built on trust - once that doesn't exist then nothing gets done.
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#7In other countries it's the employers that pay pretty much all of your taxes. They just keep the taxes from your salary and then when they pay their own taxes they also pay yours.
I do think there's a slight disadvantage in having the taxes essentially "hidden away from you". This could be somewhat alleviated if instead of 10 different taxes there are just 2 or 3 at most, to make the whole thing more understandable.
However, ultimately the benefit of having the taxes automatically done for you, not having to "get into trouble with IRS" or other such issues, is a much bigger benefit than the drawback of having the taxes somewhat hidden from you.
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#8> A racket is a service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem, such as for a problem that does not actually exist, that will not be put into effect, or that would not otherwise exist if the racket did not exist. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_(crime) ) Can someone explain to me how this description does not apply to Intuit?
The answer you aren't looking for is that Intuit doesn't actually control the US government.
It's clear they have significant influence on this matter.
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#9If it came with some sort of indemnity from audit penalties, and as long as I could amend or re-file with my own calculated return, yes.
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#10Of course I would, since they already do . Whatever I submit is checked by them anyway, and it's generally too expensive and painful to challenge them. So…why do I have to pay the Intuit tax every year?
>So…why do I have to pay the Intuit tax every year?
Because you choose to?