Saturday, March 19, 2011

Filing taxes

Here's a curious thing: everybody who prepares their own tax forms (or prepares records for someone else to prepare the tax forms) has a conflict of interest.  On the one hand, the person filing is supposed to be trying to figure out the truth as to who owes whom and how much.  On the other hand, the person filing has a financial stake in the answer.

3 comments:

D. A. Armstrong said...

Yeah, but I think the government sets the consequences so that no errors occur. Plus, I think the government would find it difficult to require a third party in regards to taxes.

Alexander R Pruss said...

I know. Conflict of interest is an unavoidable part of the human condition.

Heath White said...

I think the government sets the consequences so that no errors occur.

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