Paying taxes isn't the most pleasant thing in the world, to be sure. But sometimes it's a lot better than trying to figure out the complex forms taxpayers have to fill out. The whole thing is an exercise in frustration. The tax code consists of 650 tax forms and 13,000 pages of instructions. Paying taxes is a duty, of course, and is a privilege of being free.
Most people know that and agree.
A bipartisan congressional commission formed to study the complex tax code made a number of recommendations to make things simpler. That's OK by a lot of taxpayers. Anything to help. Getting a little relief that way can't take the place of getting a little relief through a tax cut, though. Nevertheless, tax reform and simplification could go a long way toward healing frayed nerves every April 15, not to mention saving taxpayers a lot of bucks.