[KUJustin]

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Without turning this into a debate on the merits of said income tax, can anyone here give me some direction on finding out the total cost of administering it? I'm coming up short on Google.

This would include the total IRS budget, but also all the money spent by private firms and individuals in terms of internal man-hours, accountants, forms, etc.

FWIW (nothing), my out-of-thin-air guess is $200B annually.

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It's free because the government is more efficient than markets. How many examples of efficient tax administration can you think of that were administered by private companies? NONE. That's what we refer to as a "market failure".

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Juh... what? Did you read my post?

I'm not talking about cost relative to an alternative solution. There is an income tax. It does cost money for both the gov't and private firms to administer/adhere to. Those costs can be added up. That's what I'm asking for.

If your post was some sort of politics board sarcasm/inside joke then I apologize for not being a regular over here.