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Do these other countries described above know whether you had a kid or got divorced?
by isleyaardvark 11mo ago
Do these other countries described above know whether you had a kid or got divorced?
- deanmen 11mo agoYes, in many European countries dependents and marital status changes are registered in a national civil registry, which the tax authority can query directly. Countries like the U.S., Canada, the U.K. cannot easily do that without huge data-sharing reforms.
- fragmede 11mo agoEven the US knows that you've had a qualifying event, they're just being stubborn.
- vel0city 10mo agoThe federal government doesn't always know if you've had a child or if you've died. Not even specifically the IRS, but its possible for you to have a child and never involve any organization that reports to the federal government.
- fragmede 10mo agoIt is absolutely possible, just as there are tons of other exceptions that Direct File wouldn't cover. The point is that there's a golden happy path that many people trot along where things could just be easy.