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It wants to, but there's a vocal lobby against it -- Intuit, H&R Block, and 1.7 million accountants that would like to continue being paid to fill out the forms
by dangrossman 14y ago
It wants to, but there's a vocal lobby against it -- Intuit, H&R Block, and 1.7 million accountants that would like to continue being paid to fill out the forms.
- betterunix 14y agoDo you happen to have a citation? I would like to know who in the government is pushing for this, and how they are proposing it be done (I do not want to see a Windows binary or some Flash applet; I am thinking more along the lines of Prolog or a similar declarative language).
- illuminate 14y agoWhy does it matter? They aren't getting very far. http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2013/tax-preparers-lobby-heavily-against-simple-filing/ http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2013/tax-preparers-l...
- wcbeard10 14y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5443203 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5443203