Editorial Board
Let the IRS Do Your Taxes. Really
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In the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama proposed a system by which the Internal Revenue Service would supply taxpayers with forms “pre-filled” with the relevant data, requiring them only to “verify, sign and return” the digital documents via the Internet.
As tens of millions of Americans were reminded this week, that vision of IRS simplicity and efficiency is no closer to reality today than it was four years ago. It doesn’t have to be that way.