Is there any reason we don't require the government to create software that largely does the taxes for us? They have the W2s, etc. and it seems like they could fill most of the forms out. We'd just need to set the deductions.
The argument they try to make is that the government could take advantage of its citizens. As in, it wouldn't be in their interest to reduce our taxes as much as possible.
The thing is,that's the exact reason most private tax preparers say not to us H&R block. They only take the most conservative deductions, etc.