tax filing in particular is intentionally throttled. The IRS looked into doing an internal electronic filing system, but was blocked thanks to efforts by Intuit

tax filing in particular is intentionally throttled. The IRS looked into doing an internal electronic filing system, but was blocked thanks to efforts by Intuit and H&R block 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...