• @[email protected]
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      127 months ago

      I agree with you but it’s also a sorta. They don’t know if you’ve done any under the table work that you need to report. With that said, they definitely could just have you log in securely with all your info already inputed and just have you double check and sign with the option to add more if needed. That’s how the Australians do it iirc, just log in, check and sign.

    • @[email protected]
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      57 months ago

      Canada is starting to do that. But it’s “we think this is the situation. If that’s true, pay and move on. If that’s not true, file and pay. And don’t lie or we’ll mess you up.”

      I think that’s this year. Maybe next.

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        17 months ago

        In Germany the employer has to pay the taxes, the employee doesnt have to do anything. They are paid their income after tax directly

        • @aubeynarf
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          17 months ago

          This is true in the United States as well, and IRS really doesn’t give a shit if you don’t owe them money and never file - the failure to file fee if you don’t owe is minimal. But you will lose your ability to get it refunded after 3 years.

    • @aubeynarf
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      17 months ago

      That’s true only for very simple situations.

      Everything from upgrading your doors and windows or your air conditioner and getting a tax credit, to renting out a room and deducting that portion of your home expenses, to working a side handyman or cleaning gig, to spending some cold-wallet crypto to buy gold, to the cost basis of previously unreported gains, to getting married and deciding to file together - the IRS doesn’t know.

      And some things are arbitrary, and you have to make the choice and then tell them what choice you made, and how you value it.