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To be honest, I don’t know much at all about how taxes work in other countries, including those at or greater than the population scale of the US.

It’s a good point, I will learn more about it.

Regarding the first point. You trust the government to do that for you? Genuinely asking. I have no stance formed on that yet.

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> You trust the government to do that for you?

If they disagree with me, they send me a bill for the difference anyway. The only way that's changing is if I provide them with additional information they didn't already have. If after that we still disagree, "whether or not I trust them" is philosophically moot: there's a resolution process for disagreements.

And if you don't trust them to get the number right, nothing stops you from filing your own return with the information you believe is correct.

Most Scandinavian countries compute taxes for you. If you approve of the government calculations, it's easy to finalize it.

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