Tax procedures are specially troublesome. There was a wave of reforms a decade or so back that did “some” good. The vigilance cannot be relaxed, as new regulations come into view. And no, Bob won’t always do it for us.
The only real reform affecting ordinary folk was a bill introduced by a Democrat, the famous Jim Traficant. The bill required the IRS to get a court order before they could seize your assets for back taxes. They hounded him out of office for it, then got it repealed as part of the USA Patriot act.