Tax time has been morphed into a celebration of sorts...money falls out of the sky and people buy some new stuff with the refund. Its completely lost on them how much they actually paid. Most have no idea, because they can’t even fill out an EZ form.
I’d love for withholding to be abolished...but probably won’t happen.
As a consolation prize, I’d love to see mastery of a 1040EZ form be made a high school graduation requirement. At least people will get a notion of what taxes are.
I’d throw in a half semester of payroll accounting. I took it back in the mid 90s at a tech college. It was in the business track. The absurd laws, regulations, and rules were sickening and infuriating.