I use cash almost everywhere I can, and want as much as possible to avoid the pervasive data collection and handover that you endorse.
I don’t agree that “they already know” - and fight such efforts instead of taking them for granted.
AE5NE
joined 2 years ago
The IRS doesn’t know how much you owe. You may choose to file in different ways, have side gigs, spend money on deductible or credit-eligible expenses, or qualify for certain breaks. It’s your choice to depreciate or carry over certain items. Only you know that your spare room was rented for 5 months or the cost basis for the bitcoin you sold.
if you work one job and have no complications like that - the 1040EZ is what you’re asking for. But still not the government’s role to tell you or sign your name to it.
Trump killed that project https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/11/12/trump-kills-irs-direct-file-what-now