This is just a fundamental rule of politics.  If you are elected with less than 50% of the popular vote, expand your base by issuing fiats that implement popular measures.  Everyone thinks it is a great idea to tell everyone else how to interact with the US Treasury.  Following the Chinese model, the next step will be to abolish joint returns, and change the filing season to March 1 through June 30.  

In January, China issued new guidelines for tax administration, allowing public comments for a month before implementing them.  One of these was:

Refund account: Provide a qualified domestic bank account for the tax authority to process the refund.