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I am just wondering why we have so many deductions and credits in our tax system. Wouldn’t it be much simpler for everyone (businesses, the public and the government) if we all just paid our share and we had fewer deductions and loopholes? I understand some of the deductions we give such as deductions for children (obviously a family should pay less than a single guy only supporting himself), and some other deductions which offer incentives for doing things that are beneficial (such as tax breaks to green energy companies to research new energy). But why do we have SO MANY deductions and credits?
While I agree that the tax code is extremely complex, it is not because of the deductions and credits. Deductions and credits serve two purposes. First, they do encourage behavior that the government support. Second, they stimulate the economy. If we paid more money to the government, we would have less money to spend on things such as housing. Without a deduction for mortgage interest, people would be less inclined to buy houses. As far as supporting large families, taxpayers only get credits for the first two children they have. They get dependency exemptions, but without them people would go broke. Furthermore, families with large incomes get exempt from lots of the deductions cheap soma usa and credits. Notice at the bottom of schedule A where you have to determine if your deductions are limited. These deductions and credits do help the people they are intended to. The only reason the tax code is so complicated is because people try to beat the system. They attempt the breaks allowed by the government to benefit themselves even if they were not originally intended to. If you really look at each deduction and credit, they are all useful.
It’s the result of something that started out relatively simple and then snowballed. The tax system is far more complicated than it needs to be, but all that complication has created its own industry. If it were simplified now, thousands and thousands of people would lose their jobs (although it could be argued that those people would find other employment and that the change would be beneficial overall).
In essence, the government should give credits and deductions for activities it wants to reward — home ownership, going green, etc. I frankly don’t think that large families is something the government should encourage (even slightly) by offering more deductions for each child. I think you should get greater deductions for the first two children and no more after that.
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While I agree that the tax code is extremely complex, it is not because of the deductions and credits.
Deductions and credits serve two purposes. First, they do encourage behavior that the government support. Second, they stimulate the economy. If we paid more money to the government, we would have less money to spend on things such as housing. Without a deduction for mortgage interest, people would be less inclined to buy houses.
As far as supporting large families, taxpayers only get credits for the first two children they have. They get dependency exemptions, but without them people would go broke. Furthermore, families with large incomes get exempt from lots of the deductions and credits. Notice at the bottom of schedule A where you have to determine if your deductions are limited. These deductions and credits do help the people they are intended to.
The only reason the tax code is so complicated is because people try to beat the system. They attempt the breaks allowed by the government to benefit themselves even if they were not originally intended to. If you really look at each deduction and credit, they are all useful.
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For every deduction or credit that exists, Congress was trying to encourage people to do something (own houses, go to school, contribute to charity, etc etc etc) or felt that people should be cushioned from some expenses (having children, high medical bills) so created a tax break.
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Job Security for accountants. I have read through thousands of them and most of them make sense and have a purpose. The reason why there are so many specific ones is because if you gave a blanket statement like "Anything used for the bettering of your child’s health is tax deductible" as opposed to the 1,000 deductions for various things, you will get everything being exempt income. Al of the food you buy, the vacuum cleaner, everything you purchase, you could say that it is for bettering your child’s health, and then you would have no taxable income. May not be the best example, but I shoudl make it so you see.
I agree it is broken. The Internal Revenue Code is a book thicker then the Bible, on thinner paper then the Bible, with more confusing language then the bible. And it has all of the laws for that year. By the time it is printed and put into circulation, it is obsolete. It is really crazy.
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