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Should The Government File Your Taxes?

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April 04, 2016

Could there be a simpler, faster way to file taxes? The Atlantic's Derek Thompson explains.(AgriLife Today/Flickr Creative Commons)

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.

This segment aired on April 4, 2016.

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