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What if the federal and/or state government offered, to tax return software makers, a small part of the proceeds for every successful tax return, on the conditi
by k_sze 7y ago
What if the federal and/or state government offered, to tax return software makers, a small part of the proceeds for every successful tax return, on the condition that the software remains free of charge to the users and does not share or sell user data to advertisers?
Might we see a lot of good competition spring up this way?
- jakelazaroff 7y agoLet's just skip to the chase and have the IRS automatically for everyone's tax returns. The problem isn't lack of competition. It's that this industry is entirely propped up by a byzantine and entirely unnecessary process. The only reason these companies are able to reduce friction filing your taxes is that they lobby to create it in the first place.