Residents of 12 states are eligible to participate if they meet certain criteria. But the agency’s plans have already met resistance from tax preparation companies.

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    Oh, thinking “if they know how much I owed them anyway, why do I have to do this shit in the first place?”

    They do that in pretty much all other developed countries. Never had to worry about filing taxes when I lived overseas. Just double check their work and forget about it until next year.

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      In the UK, if you are basically employed by one employer with minimal savings, you don’t have to fill in a tax return. As soon as things get a bit more complicated- you are self-employed or have multiple streams of income, you have to fill in a return

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, the UK often tries to imitate the US whether or not they should.

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            As soon as things get a bit more complicated- you are self-employed or have multiple streams of income, you have to fill in a return

            Maybe I misunderstood.

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              That’s not to do with copying anyone though. It’s just an intrinsic problem with the complexity: “We’re pretty sure we have the information needed to calculate your tax? No worries, we won’t brother you. Affairs are more complicated? We’ll have to ask you for help”