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Isn't this the agency that gradually allowed Americans to file their taxes without paying some commercial third party for the privilege? Like the rest of the wo

Isn't this the agency that gradually allowed Americans to file their taxes without paying some commercial third party for the privilege? Like the rest of the world? We Europeans used to be able to gleefully report that we could file our taxes in minutes (which, in fact, it being 1 March, I did today), but you almost had it fixed. Look, I know we Dutch aren't perfect. After all, that twat Rutte (our teflon coated former prime minister, currently secretary general of NATO) just told Zelenskyy, essentially, to apologize to the big kid bullying him, so there's that. Sorry about that (didn't vote for him though). But still, could you guys, like, stop your government from being run by ironically fascist muppets?

wruza 2y ago
But what can they do? It’s easy in a bloody dictatorship to just raise and take it in your hands, simply unionizing against oppression forces and ignoring personal grave danger. But they are in the US, it’s completely safe there, so it doesn’t work like that. You speak, get angry and wait for some big corporation or bureaucracy to sort it out for you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43148889 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43148889 It’s funny to watch (probably) the same people in a tutorial-level situation who thought that if I’m a man/human/etc I should stand by their principles and just go and overthrow the dictator of the place I happen to live in.
preisschild 2y ago
> We Europeans used to be able to gleefully report that we could file our taxes in minutes (which, in fact, it being 1 March, I did today), but you almost had it fixed. Its even done automatically here in Austria for you. You just have to use a simple to use webapp if you want a tax refund for stuff like donations or tax-writoffable expanses.
janeerie 2y ago
They were part of the effort, but not the main component. Direct File is still alive and functioning, for this tax season at least.

wruza 2y ago

But what can they do? It’s easy in a bloody dictatorship to just raise and take it in your hands, simply unionizing against oppression forces and ignoring personal grave danger. But they are in the US, it’s completely safe there, so it doesn’t work like that. You speak, get angry and wait for some big corporation or bureaucracy to sort it out for you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43148889 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43148889 It’s funny to watch (probably) the same people in a tutorial-level situation who thought that if I’m a man/human/etc I should stand by their principles and just go and overthrow the dictator of the place I happen to live in.

preisschild 2y ago

> We Europeans used to be able to gleefully report that we could file our taxes in minutes (which, in fact, it being 1 March, I did today), but you almost had it fixed. Its even done automatically here in Austria for you. You just have to use a simple to use webapp if you want a tax refund for stuff like donations or tax-writoffable expanses.

janeerie 2y ago

They were part of the effort, but not the main component. Direct File is still alive and functioning, for this tax season at least.