> This would just paper over the fact that the US tax code is an abomination of deductions and credits.
I understand the point you're making and it's a valid one, but that sentence really isn't actually true for most people.
If you get your income from one job during the year there's an excellent chance you have almost no variables to work with. Maybe owning one piece of real estate or a dependent or two, but the standard deduction tends to wash out almost everything else for most people.
What you're saying is somewhat true for most people who itemize deductions, but most people don't and have no reason to itemize deductions.
I understand the point you're making and it's a valid one, but that sentence really isn't actually true for most people.
If you get your income from one job during the year there's an excellent chance you have almost no variables to work with. Maybe owning one piece of real estate or a dependent or two, but the standard deduction tends to wash out almost everything else for most people.
What you're saying is somewhat true for most people who itemize deductions, but most people don't and have no reason to itemize deductions.