[gohrt]

you are describing the 1040EZ which approximately already works as you described, for low-income wage-earners.

People who have stocks and mortgages and etc -- non-wage income and deductions, have to go through a more complicated process.

[logfromblammo]

If you think the 1040EZ filing process is in any way similar to what I attempted to describe, I fear that my description was grossly inadequate.