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- At year end you can download all your invoices, including any taxes already paid, for doing your taxes. (Brazil taxes make American taxation look simple.)

I disagree, although it is VERY complex the US system is much worse. At least the Brazillian one you don't need to pay for an application (TurboTax & similars) to file your taxes.

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And the Receita (IRS) app has an option to pre-fill the tax declaration form, which works wonders most of the times. It requires a manual review to certify that everything is correct, but from the times I had to declare my taxes (I'm living abroad so I don't have to do it anymore), it was as easy as loading the pre-filled details and just verifying if everything was correct.

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