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Oregon made its own turbo tax competitor and it's great, and getting better every year. I was really looking forward to Direct File. (I used an accountant this

by beej71 2y ago

Oregon made its own turbo tax competitor and it's great, and getting better every year. I was really looking forward to Direct File. (I used an accountant this year so I didn't get my chance.) Back to filing my own returns by hand next year. Thank you, DOGE brainiacs who decided I had to keep doing it the inefficient way.

adgjlsfhk1 2y ago
Massachusetts also has a really good website for online filing (unfortunately state taxes only).
- mandeepj 2y ago
  Just found, after seeing this thread, IL also has a great (seems that way) State tax filing website. Good thing - it can import your Federal Return information. https://tax.illinois.gov/programs/mytax/il-1040.html https://tax.illinois.gov/programs/mytax/il-1040.html
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DeepYogurt 2y ago
Cali too
- takeda 2y ago
  What's the URL for California?
  - somat 2y ago
    https://ftb.ca.gov https://ftb.ca.gov Easily searched, but I wanted to make an observation, why is it only the government who actually makes use of the hierarchical nature of DNS
    - csa 2y ago
      > why is it only the government who actually makes use of the hierarchical nature of DNS Search engine rankings.
    - tn1 2y ago
      And it's not even all of the government, plenty of counties and even their departments have random domains leaving you wondering if it's just an elaborate phishing attempt
    - emchammer 2y ago
      I could do without it. At this point, the domains are for authenticity. I don't need hierarchies of Wikipedia domains for language and mobile view, for instance.
mvdtnz 2y ago
USA doesn't need a TurboTax competitor (of which there are many - I worked for one which struggled in the US market). It needs reform. TurboTax should be unnecessary.
- sanderjd 2y ago
  This is perfect being the enemy of good.
  - xboxnolifes 2y ago
    No it's not. We already have good alternatives to turbotax.
    - sanderjd 2y ago
      They are all private businesses which have to make money somehow. Refusing to host a good free public system because it would be more perfect to simplify the system is literally perfect being the enemy of good.
      - xboxnolifes 2y ago
        I misunderstood GP and read it as "not needing more commercial competition", instead of "not needing publicly funded (government service) competition". I agree with you.
  - intended 2y ago
    Being able to file taxes is ideally a public good. For private enterprise, the benefits are to encourage more complex tax laws, and to add MORE challenges that they can intermediate. The incentives for governments are to get it done easily, cheaply and at scale, without differentiation between users. Plus we know how this is done globally. We even know that tax filing is intentionally made as painful as possible to ensure American voters hate filing taxes even more.
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by beej71 2y ago

adgjlsfhk1 2y ago

Massachusetts also has a really good website for online filing (unfortunately state taxes only).

mandeepj 2y ago
Just found, after seeing this thread, IL also has a great (seems that way) State tax filing website. Good thing - it can import your Federal Return information. https://tax.illinois.gov/programs/mytax/il-1040.html https://tax.illinois.gov/programs/mytax/il-1040.html

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DeepYogurt 2y ago

Cali too

takeda 2y ago
What's the URL for California?
- somat 2y ago
  https://ftb.ca.gov https://ftb.ca.gov Easily searched, but I wanted to make an observation, why is it only the government who actually makes use of the hierarchical nature of DNS
  - csa 2y ago
    > why is it only the government who actually makes use of the hierarchical nature of DNS Search engine rankings.
  - tn1 2y ago
    And it's not even all of the government, plenty of counties and even their departments have random domains leaving you wondering if it's just an elaborate phishing attempt
  - emchammer 2y ago
    I could do without it. At this point, the domains are for authenticity. I don't need hierarchies of Wikipedia domains for language and mobile view, for instance.

mvdtnz 2y ago

USA doesn't need a TurboTax competitor (of which there are many - I worked for one which struggled in the US market). It needs reform. TurboTax should be unnecessary.

sanderjd 2y ago
This is perfect being the enemy of good.
- xboxnolifes 2y ago
  No it's not. We already have good alternatives to turbotax.
  - sanderjd 2y ago
    They are all private businesses which have to make money somehow. Refusing to host a good free public system because it would be more perfect to simplify the system is literally perfect being the enemy of good.
    - xboxnolifes 2y ago
      I misunderstood GP and read it as "not needing more commercial competition", instead of "not needing publicly funded (government service) competition". I agree with you.
- intended 2y ago
  Being able to file taxes is ideally a public good. For private enterprise, the benefits are to encourage more complex tax laws, and to add MORE challenges that they can intermediate. The incentives for governments are to get it done easily, cheaply and at scale, without differentiation between users. Plus we know how this is done globally. We even know that tax filing is intentionally made as painful as possible to ensure American voters hate filing taxes even more.
  - 2y ago