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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The IRS wants to rewrite its complicated letters to taxpayers and speak to people in plain English.

The federal tax collector is rewriting and sending out commonly received notices ahead of the 2024 tax filing season as part of its new “Simple Notice Initiative.”

“Redesigned notices will be shorter, clearer and easier to understand,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on a Tuesday call with reporters to preview the initiative. “Taxpayers will see the difference when they open the mail and when they log into their online accounts.”

The 2024 tax season begins on January 29.

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[-] Endorkend@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's how it is here.

I get a letter stating how much I owe or will get reimbursed from the information they have.

If I have additional revenue or tax deductions that aren't listed in the prefilled forms, I can add them and submit them (or have a tax accountant do it).

The letter comes with an envelope that doesn't need postage.

Most people don't have to do anything but simply see money appear on their bank account or pay what they owe by a certain date and that's that.

EDIT: Oh and we can access our taxes online with our national IDs.

So while you can opt to do everything on paper, you or your tax accountant can do your taxes online instead of filling in the forms in case the prefilled forms missed anything. The website will have the same info prefilled as the papers did.

And the taxes website has help sections and information popups to explain pretty much every single tax code imaginable.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

That’s how it is here.

I imagine that's how it is in every sane country, yeah.

I get a letter stating how much I owe or will get reimbursed from the information they have.
If I have additional revenue or tax deductions that aren’t listed in the prefilled forms, I can add them and submit them (or have a tax accountant do it).

Does anybody every admit to more income? lol.

The letter comes with an envelope that doesn’t need postage.

That's nice. just rubbing it in, are we?

(lol. sorry, couldn't resist.)

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

How do I move there? 🤔

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