From: howddgrhol@yayoo.com   
      
   Opus the Penguin  wrote:   
      
   > Beaver Fever  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Never received an important 1099 from a company I did a considerable   
   >> amount of business with and which changed hands this year. "Hey we   
   >> don't have that stuff anymopre, call the IRS" which was the response   
   I   
   >> received when I tried to get them to resend one. I have an extension   
   >> until October and still have no idea what the hell I am going to do   
   >> about that.   
   >   
   > Man, that sucks. How do these people not have an electronic copy?   
   > Maybe   
   > they do and they just can't be bothered. The Internet says you don't   
   > actually need a copy (unless it's a 1099-R) as long as you report the   
   > correct amount.   
      
   What's really dumb is that for a lot of 1099 income, the taxpayer   
   shouldn't need to do anything. The feds already get a lot of these   
   reported to them, and it ought to be something which they can list and   
   estimate taxes for you.   
      
   In a number of countries you don't fill out taxes so much as receive a   
   statement from the government which you can amend if you need to.   
   Otherwise, all of  your income and witholdings have already been   
   reported. If they have an equivalent to our child tax credit, they know   
   your dependents too. They just estimate whether you still owe anything,   
   pending your final review.   
      
   We have conservatives lobbyists like Grover Norquist who push for the   
   tax filing process to be as painful as possible, and tax prep and   
   acccounting companies who want things to be really complicated too. The   
   GOP pays lip service to simplifying taxes, but what they really mean is   
   what Paul Ryan did a couple of years ago by shrinking the font of the   
   1040 and moving a lot of the detail to new forms and schedules.   
      
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