Wow, just wow. I mean New Zealand's IRD system was taken down for a few days but that was to upgrade the system to implement machine learning to try and track down tax cheats who do cashies in order to not pay tax. Hell, this year sees the first year where we don't even have to fill in a tax return. If we owe they let us know what we need to pay back if they owe us then they automatically put money into our accounts.
There's something wrong when the most powerful financial system in the world is worse than a financial system of a country of farmers.
Overloaded servers or (international) sabotage? Sounds like the part that is not functioning is to make a PAYMENT to the IRS. Each day that is delayed hurts the Fed financially.
Hell, this year sees the first year where we don't even have to fill in a tax return. If we owe they let us know what we need to pay back if they owe us then they automatically put money into our accounts.
I heard that this year it was simplified to the following:
Please enter the amount of income you made this year on Line 1.
The amount you owe the government is the total on Line 1.
Overloaded servers or (international) sabotage? Sounds like the part that is not functioning is to make a PAYMENT to the IRS. Each day that is delayed hurts the Fed financially.
At the time, it was more than that. From what I'm hearing locally, apps and services like TurboTax were basically DDoSing the fed systems.
Wow, just wow. I mean New Zealand's IRD system was taken down for a few days but that was to upgrade the system to implement machine learning to try and track down tax cheats who do cashies in order to not pay tax. Hell, this year sees the first year where we don't even have to fill in a tax return. If we owe they let us know what we need to pay back if they owe us then they automatically put money into our accounts.
There's something wrong when the most powerful financial system in the world is worse than a financial system of a country of farmers.
UK here, and have had the displeasure of filling in a income tax self-assessment for the past two years, though from what I hear it's a positive walk in the park compared to Tax Day in the USA. Thankfully, I don't even have to do that any more thanks to robust PAYE and a sensible Revenue service. The US system seems absolutely bonkers, even when the systems are up.
Hell, this year sees the first year where we don't even have to fill in a tax return. If we owe they let us know what we need to pay back if they owe us then they automatically put money into our accounts.
I heard that this year it was simplified to the following:
Please enter the amount of income you made this year on Line 1.
The amount you owe the government is the total on Line 1.
Nope. They have all that information so there's nothing we need to do unless there's extra circumstances such as extra income or student loans I believe. If you've only got one income then you sit back and watch the money roll in. I put myself a tax bracket above what I need to be so because I got stung one year when I left a company and the holiday payout put me into the next tax bracket but the company of dullards hadn't factored that one in and so I got stung for $1300 tax bill. Now that will never happen.
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There's something wrong when the most powerful financial system in the world is worse than a financial system of a country of farmers.
Please enter the amount of income you made this year on Line 1.
The amount you owe the government is the total on Line 1.
So how’d we get on before we had one, then? I’m certain we’ll be fine.