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IRS moves forward with a new free-file tax return system (www.pbs.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to bls.gov

15 million people were self-employed in 2015, or 10.1 percent of all U.S. workers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So then why not have a system that works for the 90% of people who are employees?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

100% agreed, the complications are part of the equation but shouldn't stop us from making a basic system that works for most people. As long as there's a way to manually enter and categorize exceptions in the form of assets, extra income, investments, etc it would work for almost everyone.