Should The Government File Your Taxes?

Tax Day is looming on April 18 and Americans collectively spend hundreds of millions of hours preparing their taxes.

But there may be a less time-consuming option: the government could do it instead. It’s done in Finland and Norway, and as Derek Thompson writes in The Atlantic, the system could work in the U.S.

• The Atlantic: The 10-Second Tax Return

Guest

• Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic. He tweets @DKThomp.

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