Comments on: Our tax system is friggin ridiculous

By: Jason Dunn

Jason Dunn — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:17:26 +0000

Hah. You want tax hell? Come to Canada where it’s all 500% worse.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:53:59 +0000

Nice point Ryan. BTW that tax was temporary and wasnt fully reinstated until the 20th century. Then it was sued at unconstitutial but the gov’t won, obviously. As far as my refund, I still cannot decide between Wii and 360. One one hand how can i passup the Hidef action, but on the other hand the user experience, and the abilility to golf in the winter in NYC, Wii has so much going for it.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:16:12 +0000

LOL – lovin it. Indeed, I totally agree on spending your refund twice or, even thrice if it pleases you thusly!

By: Antoine

Antoine — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:36:43 +0000

You have to take into account the fact that US IRS had to develop a special software for Bill gates (because of the size of his income) : that costs a lot :-)

Speaking of efficiency french tax administration is worse by far :D

By: Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:47:17 +0000

I managed to do my taxes in about an hour or so. It was pretty straightforward, but the process really does suck. I mean, the forms could be identified in a more useful way other tha numbers. It just all feels so antiquated and bureaucratic.

I’m torn on what to do with my refund. I can save it, use it to vacation over my birthday next month, or save it to help pay for attending my sister’s weddingn later this year. I like the idea of birthday vacation, but the other two seem far more responsible…

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:19:01 +0000

I bought an Infrant ReadyNAS. Of course, it ended up costing significantly more than my refund, but what is the harm?

The IRS could really benefit from getting on the Web 2.0 bandwagon. As is, their site is nearly useless.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:51:28 +0000

Taxes are no fun… glad you got some enjoyment out of your refund though…

By: Anders Lund

Anders Lund — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:34:06 +0000

Damn! Well, I have no “special” things with our IRS (Like owning a company), but here in Denmark in runs real smooth comparing to what you describe.

Allot of things are reported in automatically from my bank: pension, interest, mortgage and stuff like that. My employer will give information about my salary. Then two times a year, they will send me a letter, where they ask if I have any changes for the following year and a letter where the ask me if I have any changes for last year. This of cause can be reported via the Internet. This is very easy to fill out – if you have any changes.

If I have paid to little tax, they will send me a bill. If I have payed too much, they will automatically put the money into my account.

I don’t know how common your story is but I think my story is kinda common. Of cause, not everything is perfect and sometimes something gets screwed up. :-)

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:45:09 +0000

You make some good points. I still believe that the concept of income tax or taxes in general is a good idea, it just has to be implemented right.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:07:04 +0000

My refund was smaller then I thought it was going to be but … I’ve been thinking about finally getting a Xbox 360. Either that or I’ll put 2gb of ram into my MacBook.