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I think this is already an old suggestion.

It would be very helpful for mapmakers if it is in the next update.

kill [player|entity] [dataTag]

Instead of going through scoreboard to specify/tag a certain entity, why not directly to the /kill command?

Current Method:

scoreboard players tag @e[type=Item] add trash {Item:{id:"minecraft:stick"}}
kill @e[type=item,tag=trash]

Suggested New Method:

kill @e[type=item] {Item:{id:"minecraft:stick"}}

The problem of putting a data tag in the 1.12 or below version /kill command is that it would kill all entities neglecting the data tag.