[john567]

How the fuck can there be a fee for "e-file" it should be the opposite if anything.

I live in Sweden. Yeah, that country. Not only do we have a bank issued digital identity our revenue service has a online system for doing your taxes and it takes less than 10 minutes.

If you buy/sell stocks using ISK and have a mortgage all of that is manage for you. You just review the numbers and sign of on it (using your digital identity). Then you get your returns.

The US tax system is perplexing to me.

[Gortal278]

Each state has is own tax requirements, the federal government has it's own tax requirements, some cities (NYC, Detroit etc) have they own tax requirements. You have the ability to specify how much tax you wish to be with held by your employer if you are employed. You need to file taxes quarterly if you are self employed.

It's complicated because the variation of tax paying. It becomes bottom up rather than top down.

[john567]

Different districts in Sweden have different rates but that's it.

I was mostly upset by them asking for a fee if you do taxes digitally. That should make it easier for them.