I don't think this is true. The total lobbying dollars of H&R Block and Intuit is not really a lot of money[1][2] although it is something. I think there is an

I don't think this is true. The total lobbying dollars of H&R Block and Intuit is not really a lot of money[1][2] although it is something. I think there is an incentive for these companies to support more complicated taxes but I doubt they are the cause of complicated taxes. The IRS brings in a lot of profit on extra collections and penalties.[3] [1]: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/h-r-block/lobbying?id=D000022016 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/h-r-block/lobbying?id=D0000... [2]: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/totals?id=D000026667 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/totals?id=D00002... [3]: https://www.irs.gov/statistics/collections-activities-penalties-and-appeals https://www.irs.gov/statistics/collections-activities-penalt...