I'm sorry if this is stupid - I'm not American and this is entire conversation about taxes here is nuts, but:
>Is the free-filing system designed to maximize your return?
Why does it need to? I mean, why do you need a tax return, if your taxes would be lower if you just got charged the right amount in the first place? And then isn't the role of society to audit their own taxes, and at the same time support candidates that vow to simplify the tax code?
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