• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    25 days ago

    I’m OK keeping the income tax, just make it so people don’t have to do paperwork every year.

    My salary is $144,000, I have a wife and a $2,048/mo. mortgage.

    Plug that into a spreadsheet, figure out the correct amount to take out of my paycheck, and leave me the hell alone.

    We have formulas and software to do this, it shouldn’t be complicated.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      We make it complicated in the name of allowing people to do small scale tax evasion.

      You can start a business, buy a car, write off part of your mortgage, part of your internet access and one of your phone lines, reducing your amount of tax due by 1/3 of that total amount.

      Honestly the new 1040 website for federal is super easy. All the states did that too it would be fine in my book.