Roughly 62% of Americans are homeowners[0]. Somewhere between 50-75% of Americans have children[1][2]. If you're in either situation, you're likely unable to file a Form 1040 EZ. While the full Form 1040 is only 2 pages long, the instructions for it are 106 pages long[3] - and when you complete your 1040 you declare, under penalty of perjury, that you filled it out accurately.
Those people may not technically need an accountant, but to do their taxes without assistance would be foolish.
Those people may not technically need an accountant, but to do their taxes without assistance would be foolish.
[0]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-28/homeowner... [1]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/09/childless-more-wome... [2]http://www.gallup.com/poll/164618/desire-children-norm.aspx [3]https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf