Words & Numbers: Even Economists Can't Do Their Own Taxes
Channel: Foundation for Economic Education
Date: 2017-04-12

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In honor of Tax Day, Antony Davies & James R. Harrigan talk about the absurdity of the US tax code. If your tax situation is more complicated or more uncomfortable than you like dealing with, you can pay another human being to do your taxes so you don’t have to. There are dependents, mortgages, deductions from energy-efficient household additions, charity, student loan interest ... even with a Ph.D. in economics, it’s hard to understand!

Learn more:
https://fee.org/articles/even-economists-cant-do-their-own-taxes/
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/articles/2017-02-01/the-cbo-federal-budget-predictions-are-dangerously-optimistic