• Lodespawn@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        Yeah that seems likely given how the US does everything else, make that shit as complicated as possible so someone can fleece someone else and maybe leave some loopholes that someone in the know can exploit …

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          2 months ago

          My wife is an accountant and according to her that’s precisely the reason. Tax software is a major racket, and they spend a lot to make sure the tax code remains unnecessarily complex.