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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 c

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.
        mixmastamyk 4y ago
        The free part isn't particularly important, as the price is built-in. It is that it's centralized. Paying the organization directly with no potentially malicious actors brokering the transaction. (Also, low income tax states typically have higher taxes in other areas to compensate.)

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.
      - mixmastamyk 4y ago
        The free part isn't particularly important, as the price is built-in. It is that it's centralized. Paying the organization directly with no potentially malicious actors brokering the transaction. (Also, low income tax states typically have higher taxes in other areas to compensate.)