(NewsUSA) - When it comes to filing taxes, it might as well be brain surgery. It may not require forceps or retractors, but on the complexity scale, tax law ranks pretty darn high. The U.S. tax code is so dense, the tome could be a deadly weapon in the right hands.
Suffice it to say, filing your taxes is confusing, and where confusion leads, misconceptions are sure to follow.
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