Topic “Intuit”

In this New York Times article, Randall Stross points out that many industrialized nations offer their taxpayers a return that contains all of the data collected by that nation’s tax authority. But the U.S. does not. Stross writes:

It’s a stunningly reasonable idea. When you prepare your return, why can’t you first download whatever data the Internal Revenue Service has received about you and, if your return is simple, learn what the I.R.S.’s calculation of your taxes would be?