As part of the public/private partnership that started e-filing in the early 2000s, one stipulation is that the government couldn't compete. There was a lot of

As part of the public/private partnership that started e-filing in the early 2000s, one stipulation is that the government couldn't compete. There was a lot of noise made last year when a law almost made that permanent. I'm not sure if the API you're talking about would apply, but I'm pretty sure it would and passing a law would be difficult. 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-...