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That's the biggest load I have ever heard. I have anecdotal evidence that the theory is incorrect (in South Africa we get filled-returns): all my friends validate, or pay someone to validate, their returns. Mr. Ellis has absolutely no evidence what-so-ever in support of his theory.
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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.
The lobbying just looks like a lot of influence because it is more noticeable than all the not caring.
Of 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?
[1] It works too. We love paying our taxes, but my wife and I have been stewing for a week about the patriarchal bullsht that is the marriage penalty. The problem is that the rage subsides by Election Day--they should move tax season to October.
> If you’re a typical American and you get this packet from the I.R.S. that says, ‘Here’s what we’ve determined your liability is,’ no one is going to challenge it That's the biggest load I have ever heard. I have anecdotal evidence that the theory is incorrect (in South Africa we get filled-returns): all my friends validate, or pay someone to validate, their returns. Mr. Ellis has absolutely no evidence what-so-ever…
As 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.
No. Not by about 2500 years in ancient Greece.
If 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.
(The latter could conceivably include information that a taxpayer intentionally sought to hide from the IRS)
As 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.
> Society is built on trust
Well in US there are like 2 levels of government, the state gvt and the federal one. Some people think the federal gvt is despotic and abuses the powers granted by the constitution.