> If the government wants everyone to pay their taxes, why doesn’t it make it as easy as possible?
Various people in congress want it to be complicated so that people will be even more unhappy about paying taxes.* This is the same reason states require sales taxes to be specified separately and one reason VAT/GST has been repeatedly rejected in the US.
* I am not unhappy about paying taxes. I get a lot of services more cheaply than I would through the private sector (and some that make no sense to be privatized)
Various people in congress want it to be complicated so that people will be even more unhappy about paying taxes.* This is the same reason states require sales taxes to be specified separately and one reason VAT/GST has been repeatedly rejected in the US.
* I am not unhappy about paying taxes. I get a lot of services more cheaply than I would through the private sector (and some that make no sense to be privatized)