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by olskool 2986 days ago
The tax preparation companies such as H&R Block and Intuit spend a lot of money lobbying Congress to keep this from happening.
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This might be true but it's not needed.

I'm looking for the documentary about the US economy and the silent industries that secretly prop it up.

Taxing people is work. To make an industry responsible allows both government to not invest and risk additional losses but allowing people to overpay gives them a surplus while allowing for those that make mistakes that cost the government to recoup in justice fees.

I remember the video having lawyers asked what the most profitable industry in America was, they all claimed the legal system when it was accounting.