Which is why my idea is to get rid of the _individual income tax_ ... since all of payroll (and most of the other) taxes "paid" by individuals _really come from companies_ why bother with the additional 140M+ tax returns each year; just have the (far smaller in number) corporations (and would-be Schedule C filers) pay it all.
People who file the -EZ series see this happen:
- They get hired to work for $X - %N gets withheld for taxes - There's an adjustment once per year: overpaid=refund, underpaid=owe
But really, they don't "get" $X; they "get" $X - %N ...
So just pay them ($X - %N) and skip the paperwork and rules.
Similar things are true even for 1/4" return filers, but nothing that can't be worked out.
Then when there is a balanced budget, you'll know where to find the money.
/jordan