"if anything, for most people tax filing is seen as something lucrative rather than a cost center."
Be careful with this line of reasoning... you might give someone the idea that there should be 100% withholding of earnings and that filing tax returns should be more an application for the privilege receive some of the money you've earned. Then it would look more like it was the government paying all your wages!
...with socialism being all the rage these days, I wouldn't be so surprised to see this sort of thing endorsed....
Be careful with this line of reasoning... you might give someone the idea that there should be 100% withholding of earnings and that filing tax returns should be more an application for the privilege receive some of the money you've earned. Then it would look more like it was the government paying all your wages!
...with socialism being all the rage these days, I wouldn't be so surprised to see this sort of thing endorsed....