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Over time, tax codes have been getting longer and more complex. These word counts are for income taxes. When it comes to verbosity, America leads the way.
@cremieuxrecueil Not a fair comparison. Each Swiss Canton has its own tax laws, so this looks artificially short.
@cremieuxrecueil The Italian Ministry of Simplification burning 375k laws (real picture)
@cremieuxrecueil Meanwhile TurboTax astroturfers in my mentions are just like “you can file your taxes with on paper.”
@cremieuxrecueil Very fair criticism. Also, the average tax burden in Switzerland is 23.4% versus 30.5% in the USA. Lower complexity and lower tax burden ftw. *The average tax wedge on labor income per OECD.