Does tax avoidance trickle down?
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Tax avoidance for the 1% has many more loopholes to exploit (depreciation, etc).
Simplify the tax code!
I also really don't know know how much easier you want them. If you have one W2 for one job, your taxes can be done in an hour on a Saturday.
Regular folks filing taxes don’t have particularly difficult returns, but if the government already knows what you owe/get back, why waste everyone’s time? Obviously deductions exist for a reason, but standard deduction folks shouldn’t have to file to confirm that their number matches what the IRS already calculated.