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I.R.S. to Begin Trial of Its Own Free Tax-Filing System
(www.nytimes.com)
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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.
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
Yeah, the UK often tries to imitate the US whether or not they should.
I’m not sure how you drew that conclusion from what I said.
Maybe I misunderstood.
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”
In the UK, I’ve certainly had times when I’ve paid too much and they refunded me.