Comment by RickJWagner

So you believe it was done just to hurt the American people?

No, that’s not plausible.

The article suggests Trump wanted to help tax software companies, but that overlooks the fact that Trumps previous increase to the standard deduction greatly simplified taxes for many filers. So that’s probably not it, either.

Trump is hell bent on raising taxes via tariffs, so it doesn’t seem likely that personal income taxes are a big part of whatever he’s planning.

Personally, I wish the government would start sending a bill, not putting the onus on the filer to make the calculation. That seems most sensible to me.