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Where does H&R Block and other tax prep services fall into this? Arent they (more or less) simply collecting a fee for handling otherwise "free" processes provi
by pizzaknife 5y ago
Where does H&R Block and other tax prep services fall into this? Arent they (more or less) simply collecting a fee for handling otherwise "free" processes provided by the state and federal governments?
Not suggesting these nefarious actors, who rely on ignorance of the consumer, arent a problem
- AlexandrB 5y agoTax prep services have taken this game plan and gone major league by lobbying the government to prevent free, simple tax filing: 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...
- sjg007 5y agoThey don’t mislead customers saying that they are the IRS. I view my CPA as a domain expert anyway so while I could do my own taxes and have done so in the past.. but I agree the IRS already basically knows everything.