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Comments on: A Good Idea https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:09:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-25545 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:09:30 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/#comment-25545 Back in the days when I was a wage slave I did my taxes as soon as I received my W-2 because I was due a refund, but even people who are due refunds put it off because they didn’t want to deal with the paper work. The 1040-EZ was a “Great Leap Forward” for many of them.

People are afraid of the IRS, and afraid of screwing up the forms. Many have the belief that if their math is wrong they are going to jail, and they aren’t very good at math.

This is a great idea.

]]> By: whig https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-25537 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:37:03 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/#comment-25537 I think most people dread tax preparation far more than the taxes themselves.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-25535 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:22:16 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/#comment-25535 There are a lot of ways to simplify the tax code to make life better for everyone except those with special interest exemptions.

I would love not to keep all of the records I now store, and not to waste the time and money I spend on preparing my final tax payment of the year.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-25532 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:43:26 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/04/16/a-good-idea/#comment-25532 The fact that so many GOPers try to use the complexity of the current tax system as a justification for a “flat tax” that would be grossly unjust to most people of low to middle income does not mean that there aren’t legitimate simplifications that could be legislated, simplifications that would help many of the very people a flat tax would penalize.

Edwards’s plan would of course not help me anymore than it would help you, and for the same reason, but it would do a world of good for most people who are not self-employed. That is why it must be stopped at all costs; just ask any GOPer. In particular, ask the people who swift-boated Melissa and Amanda.

The tax prep harpies that would be harmed are the H&R Blocks of the world. My accountant, whose firm includes all of four people, mostly does taxes for businesses; such a plan would likely do him no harm. That’s not to say he’d approve of Edwards’s proposal; we quickly learned years ago not to talk economic politics. 🙂

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