Comment by simoncion

> Just follow the instructions?

I spoke in objection to one very specific claim:

> [The] implied claim that the IRS dumps a bunch of jargon on you and leaves you to rely on general-purpose search engines to figure out what the fuck they're talking about.

Feel free to imagine that I was addressing something else. It's a free country and all.

You also might want to look at the estimated average time for a non-business taxpayer to complete a 1040. If the 1040 estimate methodology is typical, then those estimates are pretty pessimistic.