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A rumor has circulated that the IRS might provide tax preparation services in the future. The idea may appear far-fetched for now, but the government is under pressure to develop novel ways of increasing tax revenue. IRS tax preparation has already become more highly regulated in 2011. Perhaps paying the IRS a fee for preparing a tax return is a potential future measure.

The idea has been floated at least as far back as 2006. This is when Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the finance committee, proposed a solution to "get rid of the middle man" in tax preparation. In the same year, Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers suggested that the IRS send a pre-filled tax form each year....