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by Rebelgecko 1219 days ago
How many people have expenses and deductions that impact their taxes AND that the government doesn't know about?

Something like 85% of people take the standard deduction. I itemize most years, and pretty much everything I itemize (taxes and mortgage interest) are things the government already knows about. I think the only exception is charitable donations.

It would be a great time saver to just get a form from the IRS saying "here's everything we know, edit any mistakes or things we missed".