A2A:first, as others (rightly) point out, the President of the United States cannot u201ccut taxes.u201d He cannot enact any actual legislation, whether it be tax laws or the ACA. Barack Obama did not pass u201chealth care reform,u201d either. Bill Clinton did not raise them or pass the Assault Weapons Ban. Ronald Reagan did not cut taxes.Too many are under the false idea that the president is responsible for all sort of things - both good and bad. They (the presidents) love to claim credit for popular legislation, so that doesnu2019t help.With that bit of pedantry out of the wayu2026Simply put - no. There is nothing in the new law that allows for people to file their taxes on u201ca postcard.u201d This is a euphemism/meme used by politicians to provoke a reaction. That reaction isThe current tax code is overly complex and burdensome, for many requiring dozens of pages and hours to completeThe new paradigm is simple (it fits on an object that is immediately recognisable, all can visualise, and is small).The choice of postcard is, as I think, almost totemic, and represents a sort of championship of semiotics. The actual postage stamp is irrelevant; the symbolism it carries is supreme.The reality is this - for most Americans, the tax reform does not do anything much to simplify the process. Something like 70% of Americans currently file taking the standard deduction. They can file, on-line for free, using the 1040EZ. It really should be something that can be done in less than an hour, with no receipts, no paperwork, nothing to keep or reference other than the W2 that your company provides. The math is simple (on-line tools do the calculations automatically, but for those who use pen and paper, there are actually simple tables in the books that one can look up, and this saves any actual math).Because the standard deduction has essentially been doubled, that is likely to increase the number of filers who take this option. For them, the lack of a need to fill out Schedule A, Schedule B, and perhaps Schedule D will make things simpler.Itu2019s not a post card, but the 1040EZ is, I think, two pages long.The truth about our tax code is that is time-consuming for some - my personal taxes last year were close to 100 pages. My situation (repatriating to the US after a few years living in France, selling a property, some stock sales) was much more complex than average, but 100 pages is still too complicated. By comparison, I had to file taxes in France as well, and my taxes there were five pages.If you want to take deductions, declare capital losses and gains, have rental income, etc., Trumpu2019s reforms will not help you. Not in terms of simplification.But for more than 7 out of 10 Americans, taxes already were simple, or have now become simple.