• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s because the tax filing software companies lobby lawmakers to prevent exactly what you described. They want to keep the tax code complicated, so people feel the need to continue buying tax software every year. Seriously, tax software lobbies are some of the largest lobby groups in the country.

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      11 months ago

      And the other half of that is that Republicans want to make paying taxes as difficult as possible so people will support tax cuts