making me enter a special code and fill out forms and pay for the ‘deLuXe’ tax software because only that can handle the right forms
i assume other countries do this too. scum apps more like
making me enter a special code and fill out forms and pay for the ‘deLuXe’ tax software because only that can handle the right forms
i assume other countries do this too. scum apps more like
This is a profoundly American problem op. The rest of the world does not have these issues. Contact you’re representatives and ask them why this is the only place in the world that has this issue.
Because the tax prep software companies
bribelobby Congress to keep things the way they are.It’s not the tax prep companies in this case. It’s companies like Uber spending millions on lobbying to ensure that their drivers are never considered their employees, and subject to protections that employment affords
It’s actually both. TurboTax spends millions lobbying against simplicity in the tax return process. While Uber also spends millions lobbying against proper labor practices.
Canada also works similarly
As an American who moved to Canada, there are similarities but Canada is still one million times better than the US.
The CRA (Canadian IRS) allows digital access to all tax info. Whatever software or service you use, just log into your CRA account and everything auto-fills. Done in a few minutes. My US taxes have never taken less than an hour, and often multiple hours if there’s anything remotely complicated.
I’m not denying that, but things are still shitty here compared to the country I come from because of the same reasons: lobbyism (by the same companies, even!)
Our neighbour is a bad influence on us when it comes to things like business practices.