Suggestion to the US Government:

Income Taxes should be calculated and collected in real-time, starting on a monthly basis, then weekly, and finally every day.  This would result in a much more predictable, progressive outlook pattern and continuously help stabilize our economy and the economies of the world, which fundamentally act upon all economic data, as it is released to the general public.  There are additional benefits using this real-time model for taxation, finance, oil, gas, electric, election-voting, and various types of economic data, realized in real time...KTM

Response from The White House:

Ask the White House
April 18, 2006
John Snow, Secretary of the Treasury
A fascinating question from Long Island!
Stoomzee, from Northport, Long Island, NY writes: View Transcript