It's time to do your civic duty and pay your taxes or rather for most of us, fill out a form to verify what the government already knows. It really is silly when you think about it, the IRS actually does your taxes exactly like you and if you make a mistake, they will correct it. Hell, they'll even correct it if you made a mistake in their favor and then refund you for the correct amount. So this begs the question, why do we need to file a return at all? Can't they just send us what they think our income was and ask us to either verify it or dispute the amount? Why all the extra confusing paperwork? I don't know with certainty, but I would venture to guess that it has a lot to do with why our government often does silly nonsensical things: lobbyists. Intuit Inc., the company that brings us TurboTax, ranks 702 of 16,793 in terms of campaign contributions according to Opensecrets.org. Tax preparers like H&R Block also contribute substantial donations.
