One of the optics that built the hype on the new tax law was the photo opportunity of Donald Trump and Paul Ryan showing up a half-page sized postcard that said federal tax return (or similar). Postcard tax returns are not going to happen for a multitude of reasons but the primary one is that the tax law has changed, but itemized deductions are still a big feature of it. Until we stop itemizing, we can’t have postcard tax returns. Perhaps that’s in the next iteration of tax law changes on the horizon.