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Tax prep companies lobby strongly against it. See https://www.propublica.org/article/filing-taxes-could-be-free-simple-hr-block-intuit-lobbying-against-it https

by dguo 8y ago

Tax prep companies lobby strongly against it. See https://www.propublica.org/article/filing-taxes-could-be-free-simple-hr-block-intuit-lobbying-against-it https://www.propublica.org/article/filing-taxes-could-be-fre... The argument they try to make is that the government could take advantage of its citizens. As in, it wouldn't be in their interest to reduce our taxes as much as possible.

amanaplanacanal 8y ago
> it wouldn't be in their interest to reduce our taxes as much as possible The thing is,that's the exact reason most private tax preparers say not to us H&R block. They only take the most conservative deductions, etc.