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Originally Posted by Jace
you all really seem to think that the majority of the lower class people in the USA all have accountants and know about every single deduction they are allowed to have....fact is, most people get a tax form, fill it out, and hope they get money back
a lot of my relatives are poor kentucky folks and i don't think they know about half these deductions and tax games....they get a pay check, tear off the stub, fill out a form at the end of the year and get some money back....
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I just don't see how you were paying 34%. Even if you didn't take out a single deduction and just went into the tax table to see what you are paying, it's nowhere near 34%. The tax table doesn't even get to that level until you've made over $150k. If you were paying 34%, you were messing up simple addition on the forms. You could easily go back and re-file those years and get HUGE returns.
I'm just failing to get what you're complaining about. At first, it was that low income pays higher taxes than the rich (although the lowest 40% of the country doesn't pay a dime). Now it's that a basic 1040 or 1040-EZ is filled with games and can't be figured out by a normal person. I don't know if you've looked at the basic tax forms, but they're fairly easy to do if you read the instructions. You can even call the IRS directly with questions.