Filing taxes is crazy complicated though. When I got my first job in high school, it was still confusing, even with turbotax (which is free under a certain income). There's so many bits and peices even for individuals with "simple income structure". The vocabulary is unfamiliar, how do I report my savings account earnings? Do I need to if they were only 50c?
My buddy has to report expenses of a certain kind, and it's complicated to do that even with turbo tax too.
Haven't even gotten started on people with crypto-investments, freelancing, multiple jobs, dependants, etc.
Yes you can totally learn that stuff on your own, but there's 0 chance you can expect the general population to be capable of doing their own taxes without messing stuff up.
My buddy has to report expenses of a certain kind, and it's complicated to do that even with turbo tax too.
Haven't even gotten started on people with crypto-investments, freelancing, multiple jobs, dependants, etc.
Yes you can totally learn that stuff on your own, but there's 0 chance you can expect the general population to be capable of doing their own taxes without messing stuff up.