I think taxes should be based on a 5-year rolling average, to ease the burden for people who have high income only once in their life. Winning the lottery or patenting an invention that makes you rich is the American dream. Let’s tax high earners but show some lenience for folks who have a once in a lifetime windfall.
It shouldn’t matter how complicated they are because the government should just bill me.
They should know how much I owe and just tell me
Oh, they do. If you get the amount wrong, they’ll demonstrate it real quick.
Precisely.
I already pay an estimated amount every paycheck, tell HR to adjust it.