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It's worth comparing to the status quo here, which is...TurboTax, which is not a better steward of your personal info. The government saying "we are being more
by joshuamorton 3y ago
It's worth comparing to the status quo here, which is...TurboTax, which is not a better steward of your personal info.
The government saying "we are being more scrupulous than TurboTax" from the start, with a clear plan to improve is really only net gains. And the normal objections about things being worse because government don't really apply, since the IRS ultimately needs and has this information anyway, the risk is just them sharing it.
- gostintheshell 3y agoThe status quo for this level of filing is free fillable forms which AFAIK turbotax made under a restrictive contract that prevents them from involving data brokers and involving other private ventures. There's no justification for the IRS needing higher security than free fillable forms or normal turbo tax to deliver a similar self prepared efiling, so they are repeating the same crime the next level down, choosing a private system to provide something that benefits the IRS and is of negative value to the tax payer themself.
- sanderjd 3y agoThat is emphatically not the status quo.