Better yet, just have your employer send your paycheck to the IRS and the IRS can pass on to you what they think you deserve.
Now there’s an idea. The ultimate simplification.
That’s pretty much what withholding is.
They always call these damn bills a “Tax Simplification Act”, and add another hundred or so pages to the over 42,000 pages of tax law that now exist.
If they want to simplify things, abolish the IRS, get rid of all of the existing tax laws, and go to a flat tax, or national sales tax.
That’s really what’s happening now. The govt gets their cut before you get your “depreciated” paycheck.
That’s why I’ve never gotten a refund.
A refund only means you gave the Government an interest-free loan.
I have another idea. Have your taxes tied to a customer satisfaction checklist. You pay taxes according to whether the government is doing great in many areas, for instance at holding government expenditures below what they bring in. You pay taxes if you agree with the programs specified on the checklist; that way programs are supported by the people who want them. If my idea is adopted, I'll pay little to no taxes.