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TurboTax and H&R Block aren't part of Free File as of 2021, so the supported software under the program are now things most Americans wouldn't recognize, either
by lelandfe 5y ago
TurboTax and H&R Block aren't part of Free File as of 2021, so the supported software under the program are now things most Americans wouldn't recognize, either.
The problem truly is advertising, like you said. The government just cannot out-advertise companies that are doing $9 billion in revenue.
- dboreham 5y agoOf course the government could out-advertise them. It'd be like Google advertising its own products on its search engine -- the government controls all end-user tax related communications. They just don't want to because someone bribed them to not do so.
- lelandfe 5y agoEveryone uses Google. How many more people see TurboTax's ads vs. government "tax related communications?"
- notwedtm 5y agoEvery single tax payer when they get paid, or when they pay their tax bill each year.
- lelandfe 5y agoThe years in which I've had a refund, I have had the amount directly deposited. The years in which I've paid have been through a software portal that supports credit card payment. I, personally, have no idea what the government's "communications" have been regarding taxes outside of news articles. Either way, though, this is no competition for a year's worth of massive advertising campaigns.