IRS will start simplifying its notices to taxpayers as agency continues modernization push
IRS will start simplifying its notices to taxpayers as agency continues modernization push
IRS will start simplifying its notices to taxpayers as agency continues modernization push
The IRS wants to rewrite its complicated letters to taxpayers and speak to people in plain English.
The federal tax collector is rewriting and sending out commonly received notices ahead of the 2024 tax filing season as part of its new “Simple Notice Initiative.”
“Redesigned notices will be shorter, clearer and easier to understand,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on a Tuesday call with reporters to preview the initiative. “Taxpayers will see the difference when they open the mail and when they log into their online accounts.”
The 2024 tax season begins on January 29.
You know that for 90% of people, they could just tell everyone how much they owe and call it good?
Like there’s zero need for us to file taxes because they already know how much we spent. Over all, people would be taxed less because there’s no need to itemize deductions in what is meant to be an obtusely arcane process fundamentally designed to benefit the other 10% while creating an entire industry…
But details.
Yeah, but intuit owns them, so they won't.
Just FYI, for people living in the following states:
You will be able to participate in the pilot program called Direct File.
Unlike Free File, Direct File is open to any income level and is NOT through a third party provider. You are directly filing with the IRS. That said, it is indeed a pilot program and it does not offer many of the usual IRS forms, so check the website to see if you can use this or not.
And for those wondering. Yes, this is exactly the kind of thing Intuit et al lobbied hard to Congress back in 2022 to not pass.
Obviously this isn't the return free system we've been promised since the 80s. But it is a good first step. The IRS has been tasked to report back to Congress when the pilot is over this year. For all we know the new system may work correct right out of the box, may eat some children, or cause the Hoover dam to explode. This is the first time the IRS has been allowed to build such a thing for the public.
Hopefully this all goes off without a hitch, because every success with Direct File is a kick to Goodarzi's nuts. Here's hoping this is the first step towards simplified taxes/return free taxes.
Intuit owns legislators, not the IRS.
IMO the only good thing they happened while Trump was president was raising the standard deduction because I no longer need to itemize. It got so much easier and cheaper to file. I still have to do the state taxes though and even without itemizing I'm not exactly an accountant so I do always find it kind of complicated.