[Cyberdog]

Please move to every country on the planet and replicate your work there.

[bsmith]

I'd love to, this is exactly the use case for digital technology; automate the stuff we can making more time for more meaningful taska for everyone. Finland is ahead of it's time for these kinds of integrations. Problem is, it requires a central authority having all of the data, and the US has absolutely zero trust in it's government to not fuck it up. With good reason

[noman-land]

Maybe you can start at the city level and move your way up. This is a great way to do it in the States.

[sundalia]

Absolutely would not work in the US (as, unfortunately, most public services). There's already a huge lobby from TurboTax and other players. All countries that got to this level of automation already had publicly developed, free software for tax payers previously.

[fragmede]

How did you sleep last night? Your cynicism is slowing.

Just this year, the IRS started a direct file pilot program that flies in the face of "it absolutely would not work". It's not everything, but it's a start.