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Well they lobbied to stop the IRS from creating a free online tax thing. https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-the-government-from-offeri

Well they lobbied to stop the IRS from creating a free online tax thing. https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-the-government-from-offering-free-online-tax-filing-thank-turbotax https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-... It's slightly different I guess. But since a lot of the paperwork you have to feed into turbotax is already known to the IRS, it's possible the IRS having their own product would have really simplified things. Then again, gov websites are pretty hit and miss.

briandear 7y ago
However, does the government have an incentive to help you find every deduction? Or course not.
- stonogo 7y ago
  The free-file option was for people taking the standard deduction.
- maxerickson 7y ago
  What's the deal with this complaint? Literally no one is proposing that the tax system be changed so that you get a bill that you have to pay, every proposal is that the government should send you forms prepared with the information they have, and you can file different forms if have additional information. You gotta complain about it being unfair for people in cash businesses to get that information or something, the lack of incentive alignment is not even close to a real problem with the idea.