This USA tax thing has always baffled me... it is the exact definition of why we pay taxes: for the government to provide services that are common to the country´s citizens.
There´s nothing more common than tax collection: rich, middle class or poor. Why wouldn't citizens demand a public tax filing process? Even in Mexico we have an automagical tax filing process that makes:
a) The great majority of the population who perceives a salary not needing to file taxes.
b) For the rest of the people, those who don't do anything fancy, just click one button in a portal to do the filing, and everything is calculated by the tax authority.
c) For the small percentage that do more complex things (I'll say it is between 5% and 10% of the population) still can do it in the portal for free, or hire an accountant.
There´s nothing more common than tax collection: rich, middle class or poor. Why wouldn't citizens demand a public tax filing process? Even in Mexico we have an automagical tax filing process that makes:
a) The great majority of the population who perceives a salary not needing to file taxes.
b) For the rest of the people, those who don't do anything fancy, just click one button in a portal to do the filing, and everything is calculated by the tax authority.
c) For the small percentage that do more complex things (I'll say it is between 5% and 10% of the population) still can do it in the portal for free, or hire an accountant.