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Because Intuit, H&R Block and others have spent enormous amounts of money and time lobbying federal and state legislatures and executive agencies to ensure they
by tssva 6y ago
Because Intuit, H&R Block and others have spent enormous amounts of money and time lobbying federal and state legislatures and executive agencies to ensure they don't.
My state had developed a free filing system and had successfully tested it with selected tax filers for a couple of years. It was due to go live the following year for all state tax filers. Intuit and others successfully lobbied the state legislature and newly elected governor to ban the state from moving forward with deploying a solution.
- glenneroo 6y agoLobbying plus this bit from the article: > Under a longstanding agreement with the IRS called Free File, Intuit and other tax prep companies promised to offer free products to most Americans; in exchange, the IRS agreed not to create a free government tax filing option that would compete with the industry.
- morvita 6y agoHow do you think that agreement came about? Hard lobbying from the tax prep industry.