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April 12, 2017
Millions
of
Americans
will
be
spending
the
weekend
preparing
their
taxes
to
meet
the
federal
tax
filing
deadline,
which
is
next
Tuesday,
April
18th.
Tax
filing
can
be
a
complicated,
expensive
process.
Americans
spend
more
than
6
billion
hours
every
year
preparing
their
taxes,
and
almost
60
percent
use
paid
tax
preparers
to
file.
Filing
your
taxes
should
be
much
simpler.
That’s
why
I
recently
introduced
legislation
to
simplify
the
federal
tax
return
process.
The
Simpler
Tax
Filing
Act,
which
I
introduced
last
week
along
with
Senator
Elizabeth
Warren,
would
direct
the
Internal
Revenue
Service
(IRS)
to
provide
many
tax
filers
with
a
one-page
tax
return
already
filled
out
with
the
taxpayer’s
information,
known
as
a
“simple
return.”
The
IRS
would
notify
eligible
taxpayers
that
they
have
the
option
of
filing
a
“simple
return”
before
sending
eligible
taxpayers
a
one-page
return
already
filled
out
with
the
relevant
information.
The
taxpayer
would
then
double-check
the
form
for
accuracy
before
filing
it
electronically.
The
simple
return
would
become
a
voluntary
program
that
could
be
offered
to
as
many
as
40
percent
of
Americans,
saving
up
to
225
million
hours
of
taxpayers’
time
and
$2
billion
annually
in
tax
preparation
fees.
Americans
shouldn’t
have
to
spend
so
much
time
before
Tax
Day
navigating
a
needlessly
complex
process.
The
Simpler
Tax
Filing
Act
would
provide
Americans
with
a
return
option
that
will
not
only
simplify
the
income
tax
process,
but
also
save
them
time
and
money.
It’s
a
common-sense
solution.
Thank
you,
Jeanne
Shaheen
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