I agree the tax code is way too complex. I have a CPA with a computer do mine. But what I’ve learned over the years is messing with the tax code only makes it more complicated than it was before. At this point I would just be happy if they stopped changing the rules of the game. Your dream of a simple flat tax isn’t going to happen. If anything the socialists will hijack your efforts to create an additional tax, not a replacement.
I do my own taxes (Quicken/Turbo tax). Flat tax would be better but the Fair tax program is what is needed.
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer
“If anything the socialists will hijack your efforts to create an additional tax, not a replacement.”
With a sales tax they would be collecting additional taxes from all those who currently don’t report their income or deduct their taxes to nothing: tourists from outside the country, illegals, prostitutes, drug dealers, etc..