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The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes?

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes?The government could toss the 1040 in the trash. Kameleon007iStock via Getty Images

Doing taxes in the U.S. is notoriously complicated and costly. And it gets even worse when there are delays and backlogs, making it especially hard to reach the Internal Revenue Service for assistance.

But to me this raises an important question: Why should taxpayers...

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