It's not - anyone with nonstandard deductions or a 1099 form (read: gig workers) was not eligible and the data shows it. 141,000 households from states with 150

It's not - anyone with nonstandard deductions or a 1099 form (read: gig workers) was not eligible and the data shows it. 141,000 households from states with 150 millions total population, what a rousing success! In the upcoming years the week-kneed government is going to work with more states and gradually expand the complexity of returns. It's not useful at the moment, and looking over the press release won't be for a few more years. And then there's the state return, which is not free. The federal government gets a few brownie points, but the tax preparation industry still gets its pound of flesh. It's really unimpressive, it's politics that no one is better off with.