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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
We wouldn't need a large IRS if our tax bills were sent to us like Europe.  That said, we still need taxes to come from some where.  You think the DoD is going to have a bake sale for missiles?
gpt
The irs isnt wasting time when you pay 15000 in taxes but owe 145000 or 15500. Its when you owe 15000 and pay 0 that they care. Wheter its usa or europe, the government would still have to pay someone to try to collect. And besides, the irs makes their money by auditing people whose taxes they cant surely calculate

 anyway every current irs agent makes the government several fold their salary. Even if we didnt "need" irs agents, all they do is make the government money.