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I know Intuit has legislators at the federal level in their pockets, but I would think that in a place like California it would be harder. Has there been any p
by lokar 5y ago
I know Intuit has legislators at the federal level in their pockets, but I would think that in a place like California it would be harder. Has there been any progress to have simple automatic filing for state taxes?
- Spooky23 5y agoLol. No. State Legislators are really cheap. Donate <$500 and you’ll be able to get in-person meetings.
- Rebelgecko 5y agoCalifornia has its own tax website fairly similar to TurboTax called CalFile. One of the devs is even here on HN. Unfortunately CalFile seems to be intentionally gimped e.g. only usable if you're under a certain income threshold and technically you're not supposed to use it if you have capital gains or loses (but since cap gains are treated as regular income in CA it works fine if you still use it)
- prattmic 5y agoReadyReturn was a pilot program in California that provided pre-filled tax forms. Unfortunately, lobbying by Intuit helped kill it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyReturn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyReturn