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The overwhelming majority of taxpayers claim the standard deduction - since 2017, it's something like 90%. Most people have a W2, and 1099-INTs which are far le

The overwhelming majority of taxpayers claim the standard deduction - since 2017, it's something like 90%. Most people have a W2, and 1099-INTs which are far less than their W2 income. Only a small percentage of stupidly rich people really need to consult with tax advisors to construct elaborate stories about their complicated and catastrophic investment losses which mean that in spite of ever-growing wealth, they actually have negligible taxable income. The rest of us are suckers for taking a W2 and have really simple taxes.

nightski 4y ago
But if that is your situation it's actually really easy and free to file your taxes today. Meaning a couple clicks and done. I'm all for an IRS solution but let's not blow this out of proportion.
- mixmastamyk 4y ago
  Not at all. There are limits that amount to poverty wages in CA. Not to mention squeezing an unwanted, insecure rent-seeking third party into your finances.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  > it's actually really easy and free to file your taxes today. Really? How?
- lovehashbrowns 4y ago
  Yes, thank you intuit for making the process of filing taxes so easy and free but only if you make less than 70k a year or whatever their threshold is! Just a couple of clicks is all it takes!! It’s such BS that these companies cause this tax mess to begin with and then get free goodwill and advertising based on them making it “easier.” It’s so infuriating. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/04/turbotax-deceptive-ads/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/04/turbotax-...
  - nightski 4y ago
    https://www.freetaxusa.com/ https://www.freetaxusa.com/
    - lovehashbrowns 4y ago
      Yes, there are now also other companies that offer free tax filing. That’s literally not the point, is it? Also who the hell is TaxHawk and why should they have my tax filing info lmao. The IRS already has everything. A simple letter, text message, or email from the government I pay taxes to is all it should take for me to get taxes complete. I review what they have, do nothing if it’s correct, and either pay taxes or get a tax return. Anything beyond that is a complete and utter waste of time.
    - colinmhayes 4y ago
      Not free for state returns
      - nightski 4y ago
        Right but we were talking about an irs free file which would not make state returns free either.
        mixmastamyk 4y ago
        California taxes are free when done from their site, which has been working fine for ~15 years. And it was late then considering much of the birth of the internet and web happened there. https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/ways-to-file/online/calfile/index.asp https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/ways-to-file/online/calfile/inde... No excuse justifies the current situation.
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        nightski 4y ago
        I’d take my states 2% tax rate over free file. But this is way off topic as the discussion was about the irs.

nightski 4y ago

But if that is your situation it's actually really easy and free to file your taxes today. Meaning a couple clicks and done. I'm all for an IRS solution but let's not blow this out of proportion.

mixmastamyk 4y ago
Not at all. There are limits that amount to poverty wages in CA. Not to mention squeezing an unwanted, insecure rent-seeking third party into your finances.
JohnFen 4y ago
> it's actually really easy and free to file your taxes today. Really? How?
lovehashbrowns 4y ago
Yes, thank you intuit for making the process of filing taxes so easy and free but only if you make less than 70k a year or whatever their threshold is! Just a couple of clicks is all it takes!! It’s such BS that these companies cause this tax mess to begin with and then get free goodwill and advertising based on them making it “easier.” It’s so infuriating. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/04/turbotax-deceptive-ads/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/04/turbotax-...
- nightski 4y ago
  https://www.freetaxusa.com/ https://www.freetaxusa.com/
  - lovehashbrowns 4y ago
    Yes, there are now also other companies that offer free tax filing. That’s literally not the point, is it? Also who the hell is TaxHawk and why should they have my tax filing info lmao. The IRS already has everything. A simple letter, text message, or email from the government I pay taxes to is all it should take for me to get taxes complete. I review what they have, do nothing if it’s correct, and either pay taxes or get a tax return. Anything beyond that is a complete and utter waste of time.
  - colinmhayes 4y ago
    Not free for state returns
    - nightski 4y ago
      Right but we were talking about an irs free file which would not make state returns free either.
      - mixmastamyk 4y ago
        California taxes are free when done from their site, which has been working fine for ~15 years. And it was late then considering much of the birth of the internet and web happened there. https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/ways-to-file/online/calfile/index.asp https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/ways-to-file/online/calfile/inde... No excuse justifies the current situation.
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        nightski 4y ago
        I’d take my states 2% tax rate over free file. But this is way off topic as the discussion was about the irs.