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We could do that in the US as the IRS has everything they need. The reason we don't is that there are people in Congress who believe that taxes should be a big
by throwway120385 2y ago
We could do that in the US as the IRS has everything they need. The reason we don't is that there are people in Congress who believe that taxes should be a big pain so people resent the IRS and want to gut it. And companies like Intuit want it to be a pain so they can keep making money essentially rent seeking.
- esafak 2y agoIf you gut the IRS are taxes abolished too? How does that work?
- toomuchtodo 2y agoThis is true, but progress is being made. https://directfile.irs.gov/ https://directfile.irs.gov/ is the IRS' direct file service, for those interested. It is supported in concert with 25 states from a tax filing perspective, and is free. From their email newsletter, improvements are rolling out month by month (continual expansion of tax scenarios supported). https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-direct-file-for-free https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-direct-file-for-free
- angry_moose 2y agoAlmost certainly going to get killed by DOGE though: https://www.businessinsider.com/irs-direct-file-doge-treasury-department-failed-program-2025-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/irs-direct-file-doge-treasur...
- toomuchtodo 2y agoDOGE and this admin won't be around forever. Looking forward to the reboot.
- throwaway81348 2y ago>won't be around forever they're working on it.
- xnx 2y agoI wish I shared your optimism. I think the process will be more like rebuilding from a pile of rubble than restarting a working system.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoTomato tomato. No optimism, only positive nihilism. We're all default dead, humans have existed for ~300k years, this is another bump in the road.
- blitzar 2y agoDOGE declared it woke fraud, waste and abuse.
- throwway120385 2y agoSomething about DEI I guess?
- ahoka 2y agoIsn't that Direct File? Unless they give it the axe of course...