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> Intuit does not "keep tax codes complex" -- your legislators do that all on their own. Lobbying, my friend. Intuit spends money to actively lobby to keep the
by simonebrunozzi 4y ago
> Intuit does not "keep tax codes complex" -- your legislators do that all on their own.
Lobbying, my friend. Intuit spends money to actively lobby to keep the tax code complex.
Don't trust my word? Google it, or start with this [0].
[0]: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/turbotax-h-r-block-spend-millions-lobbying-us-keep-doing-n736386 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/turbotax-h-r-block-sp...
- jt2190 4y agoWhat did your Senator say when you wrote them a letter to complain?
- xeromal 4y agoThanks for you concern.
- simonebrunozzi 4y agoI don't have any Senator, I don't live in the US.
- nostromo 4y agoThat’s not the same. A complicated tax code is different than a complicated filing process. We can all hate Intuit for one but not the other.
- musictubes 4y agoThe tax code is kept complicated in order to make carve outs for special interest groups. Intuit has no way of influencing real estate, trust, investment, alimony, disability, etc. tax regulations. Intuit profits from a complicated tax code but it’s not like their lobbying is what makes the estate and inheritance tax code complicated. They surely want to make filing as complicated as possible so they can streamline it for you. Intuit surely lobbies to prevent the IRS from advertising free tax filing options. I’m sure they would like the forms to be as arcane as possible but I don’t think that congress has anything to do with the layout of the forms and worksheets.