[olalonde]

Not relevant because you exclude Elon Musk from the "they" who "have interest in keeping tax filing difficult and unapproachable"? Because he is clearly not one of them: "Simplifying the tax code will increase productivity", "Crazy idea: let’s simplify the tax code", "The tax code needs drastic simplification!", etc. And he seems to have quite a bit of influence in the Trump administration.

[chowchowchow]

The people with complicated taxes are rich. Most people have dead simple taxes tax-code wise. W2, standard deduction, dependents, maybe some interest deductions. You’re just being obtuse now. Removing random capital loss carryover loopholes or what have you has nothing to do with mainstream tax prep.

[olalonde]

You are the one who said tax that filing was "difficult and unapproachable" for the public. What did you mean by that?

[chowchowchow]

That people don’t know how to do it and thus many pay companies to do it for them. Most of these people’s taxes are extremely simple from a tax code perspective.

[olalonde]

If it's simple, why don't most people know how to do it?

[chowchowchow]

Filing is a challenge, and the rules governing what most people pay are simple.

You’re just being obtuse. We can stop now.