Intuit is a middleman, pure and simple. Collecting taxes is 100% a government issue, not a private one. There's zero reason why the government shouldn't guide

Intuit is a middleman, pure and simple. Collecting taxes is 100% a government issue, not a private one. There's zero reason why the government shouldn't guide you through a government program. Except, of course, profits for the middleman. I agree that sometimes getting a professional to help is useful--I've hired people when my taxes were extra complex. But if your taxes are no more complex than W2+itemized deductions+home owner+passthrough LLC, you can easily do them yourself today. And if you're not sure what to do, ask an accountant and then you'll know for next year. What would make it trivial is if the government would set up a website to guide you through it. But for some idiotic reason (cough lobbyists cough) they haven't done it. Every time you pay Intuit, you're making taxes even harder for posterity and guaranteeing your own future expenses.