[Goreknowshowtocheat]

I have years of overhaul on my shelf. I have been in the tax preparation business at one time in my life. I almost welcomed each tax overhaul or simplification. Each simplification brought more clients and more complication. This is utter nonsense that these guys want to simplify anything. They want the public confused so they can be easily manipulated. Until we get the tax where we pay without being criminals then we are slaves and unindicted criminals. (since ignorance is no excuse) I can assure you 99% of the people are ignorant of what the jibberish in the code says.

[kinoxi]

I can assure you 99% of the people are ignorant of what the jibberish in the code says.

I'd say that's about accurate in my experience. I'm doing three 1040x's right now for someone who had three different paid preparers screw hers up. The tax code needs to be simplified so that the average person isn't intimidated due to it's complexity and can confidently do their own. I've taken courses and done an immeasurable amount of personal research in the last decade plus and still need to constantly refer to the code as seemingly irrelevant nuances are enacted periodically. It seems intended to confuse the general population.