[dugmartin]

We have required payroll deductions here in the US for federal, state and (sometimes) city taxes and if you are self-employed we have required quarterly estimated tax payments. Federal deductions include Social Security tax, Medicare tax, and income tax and employers send this money directly to the federal government. State and city deductions are usually just income tax (here is Massachusetts we also pay a tax for paid family leave).

The insane part in the US is that then every year we have to fill out a bunch of forms filling in information the government already knows. For many people this should instead be as you said "click like 3 links".

It gets really complicated when you have investment or partnership income, sell stocks or property, etc. I still do my own (complicated) taxes every year but it gets more and more complex every year and takes more and more time.