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the IRS has actually partnered with the "Free File Alliance" which is a group of companies that partner with the IRS (Free tax filing for incomes < X).. So Sad

the IRS has actually partnered with the "Free File Alliance" which is a group of companies that partner with the IRS (Free tax filing for incomes < X).. So Saddly I feel the hope of the IRS just sending you a bill is slim. Intuit is one of the members: https://freefilealliance.org/free-file-alliance-members/ https://freefilealliance.org/free-file-alliance-members/ https://freefilealliance.org/about/ https://freefilealliance.org/about/ Its a little weird. One would hope they would just send you the bill.. I filed my taxes late with an extension. I could go to the IRS site and get all the documents they had filed by banks and my employeer, for me. They have that info...

Robotbeat 5y ago
This is literally because Intuit lobbied to ban the IRS from being able to do it for you.
- Cederfjard 5y ago
  This is so bizarre looking in from the outside. I’ve spent my working life in two European countries, one where if you’re just a regular employee and not doing anything special you just approve and submit your prefilled tax return, and one where you under the same circumstances literally have do to nothing.
CRConrad 5y ago
> I could go to the IRS site and get all the documents they had filed by banks and my employeer, for me. They have that info... As Robotbeat says, this is literally because Intuit lobbied to ban the IRS from being able to do it for you -- which is also literally what TFA is all about. YTF do people comment on stuff they obviously haven't even read?!?
Izkata 5y ago
> (Free tax filing for incomes < X) It's free period. There is a threshold, but cost isn't what changes. Here's the entrypoint: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-f... * <= 72k provides a wizard and includes state taxes. * > 72k requires you fill out virtual versions of the paper forms (with some limited automation) and doesn't include state taxes, but it's still free.

Robotbeat 5y ago

This is literally because Intuit lobbied to ban the IRS from being able to do it for you.

Cederfjard 5y ago
This is so bizarre looking in from the outside. I’ve spent my working life in two European countries, one where if you’re just a regular employee and not doing anything special you just approve and submit your prefilled tax return, and one where you under the same circumstances literally have do to nothing.

CRConrad 5y ago

> I could go to the IRS site and get all the documents they had filed by banks and my employeer, for me. They have that info... As Robotbeat says, this is literally because Intuit lobbied to ban the IRS from being able to do it for you -- which is also literally what TFA is all about. YTF do people comment on stuff they obviously haven't even read?!?

Izkata 5y ago

> (Free tax filing for incomes < X) It's free period. There is a threshold, but cost isn't what changes. Here's the entrypoint: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-f... * <= 72k provides a wizard and includes state taxes. * > 72k requires you fill out virtual versions of the paper forms (with some limited automation) and doesn't include state taxes, but it's still free.