Claiming high user satisfaction, IRS will decide on renewing free tax site

Post by VS1999 » Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 11:09 PM UTC

noodlesUK wrote: post #166

VS1999 wrote: post #60

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That you've "lived in sweden" implies you have the luxury of hopping to whatever country suits you most. Nobody wants to hear a cosmopolitan's take on how we have too much privacy and how the government should be more involved in our lives. If the government mistreats you, you can just go to a nicer country.

Around 500 million people living in the EU have that privilege. It’s pretty common for people to exercise it and in no way makes you part of the jet set.

Post by lupire » Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 11:10 PM UTC

thegrim33 wrote: post #14

tmountain wrote: post #8

It’s amazing that 54% of adults in the United States have a literacy below 6th grade level, but it is expected for the same population to have the financial literacy to file their taxes accurately. Going further, the IRS already knows the details of most people’s taxes before they file, yet everyone is expected to complete what amounts to a complex task for many people. I cannot fathom why it is still done this way.

I guess it was originally done this way because in the past people actually had some semblance of privacy and the government didn't actually know a great deal about people's income. Eventually, privacy was eroded away year after year to the point where the government now knows an extreme amount about each citizen. I guess I'd refrain the question - instead of asking why do we need to do taxes when the government know…

Post by pompino » Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 11:12 PM UTC

_mlbt wrote: post #160

pompino wrote: post #153

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I hope you realize that these federal agencies are funded through revenue collection - i.e tax code. Unfortunately, Your simplification isn't really a simplification.

Yes, the purpose of the IRS is revenue collection via federal income tax for funding the government with. Said funding can then be given to the agencies and organizations I mentioned in my previous comment. Simplified tax code means less tax money is spent on administration overhead of the IRS itself and more money that can go to programs like WIC, SNAP, TANF, and other targeted programs that are more effective aid t…

Post by 1oooqooq » Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 11:14 PM UTC

1oooqooq wrote: post #194

let me copy a comment i had in another article: did you ever try to use any USA federal service? (veteran benefits, free tax filing, ssn, etc). you're required an id.me account. what's that? well some anonymous group saw login.gov, realized the value of the data, and lobbied that it should be open to free capital markets to explore, not the government! so now if you want to even talk to the irs or veteran service, yo…

Post by Retric » Sat, Apr 27, 2024, 11:18 PM UTC

whatwhaaaaat wrote: post #146

philistine wrote: post #134

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There never was a point in the period of time when people filed taxes in the US that the government wasn’t entitled to know your salary. It used to take more time and effort to get the info, but better technology doesn’t change the game, it highlights that it wasn’t a « shared secret ». Your employer has a ton of paperwork to file related to your pay.

Did you not just explain how the game changed from technology in your own post? Before all of this unconstitutional collection of Americans information the government had to have a target and go out and collect and tabulate the information. Now it’s a select where citizen does thing x over y threshold. How is this not changing the game?