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Given this project is being drained of resources by the new admin, is anyone in the know able to comment on how hard this would be to take, and stand up, as a c

by czhu12 1y ago

Given this project is being drained of resources by the new admin, is anyone in the know able to comment on how hard this would be to take, and stand up, as a competitor to turbo tax? Presumably, any Intuit competitors will be given a 10 year headstart worth many millions, maybe billions?

foolswisdom 1y ago
Is there a reason you'd need to do so? What is freetaxusa.com missing that direct file gives you (other than the fact that direct file is free and supported by the government itself)?
- TsiCClawOfLight 1y ago
  Expat support.
  - furyg3 1y ago
    If anyone has any tips for the most cost effective way for expats to file, please share them here. I'm doing it all by hand because I'm tired of going through the 'free' apps and entering in all my details, and when I get ready to file it end up being hundreds of dollars to file since the other forms (extra 1040 schedules, 2555, etc) are not included.
    - 1oooqooq 1y ago
      yes. and you have the right answer. download and print forms. no way around it. or pay $500 each year to the top 2.
- 1oooqooq 1y ago
  freetaxusa doesn't cover the cases for almost everyone here. ever bought stocks? out! also, you need to submit selfies and have a usa sim card from specific providers.
  - foolswisdom 1y ago
    Need to submit selfies? I don't recall submitting selfies. I own stocks, all I had to do was fill in the forms on freetaxusa.com based on the forms the brokerage gave me. Just look for non zero fields on the brokerage forms, and fill out the matching box. If you mean something more sophisticated tax-wise, then I'm sure direct file wouldn't support it either? Regarding the sim card, I assume that's about two factor codes? IIRC I always logged in through a code received by email.
d0gsg0w00f 1y ago
Where does it say that this project is impacted by the 11% layoffs?

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Given this project is being drained of resources by the new admin, is anyone in the know able to comment on how hard this would be to take, and stand up, as a c

by czhu12 1y ago

foolswisdom 1y ago
Is there a reason you'd need to do so? What is freetaxusa.com missing that direct file gives you (other than the fact that direct file is free and supported by the government itself)?
- TsiCClawOfLight 1y ago
  Expat support.
  - furyg3 1y ago
    If anyone has any tips for the most cost effective way for expats to file, please share them here. I'm doing it all by hand because I'm tired of going through the 'free' apps and entering in all my details, and when I get ready to file it end up being hundreds of dollars to file since the other forms (extra 1040 schedules, 2555, etc) are not included.
    - 1oooqooq 1y ago
      yes. and you have the right answer. download and print forms. no way around it. or pay $500 each year to the top 2.
- 1oooqooq 1y ago
  freetaxusa doesn't cover the cases for almost everyone here. ever bought stocks? out! also, you need to submit selfies and have a usa sim card from specific providers.
  - foolswisdom 1y ago
    Need to submit selfies? I don't recall submitting selfies. I own stocks, all I had to do was fill in the forms on freetaxusa.com based on the forms the brokerage gave me. Just look for non zero fields on the brokerage forms, and fill out the matching box. If you mean something more sophisticated tax-wise, then I'm sure direct file wouldn't support it either? Regarding the sim card, I assume that's about two factor codes? IIRC I always logged in through a code received by email.
d0gsg0w00f 1y ago
Where does it say that this project is impacted by the 11% layoffs?