The IRS is trying to pilot a program that would allow taxpayers to file their taxes for free. Big tax preparation companies like Intuit are pushing back hard.
  • Victor Villas@beehaw.org
    10·
    1 year ago

    Only in a few select shit democracies can a company push back on a government entity trying to do something so basic as to provide decent tax filling mechanisms

  • HubertManne@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    no shit and 99% of the time their software is just doing data entry but they want any “free” software to be such that you have to input it in manually. its such a scam in this day and age.

  • elfpie@beehaw.org
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m from Brazil and a little confused. What I found is that people in the US pay for a software that simplify the process of filing taxes. Free options would be more difficult or inconvenient. But I also read it is already possible to file taxes for free, as people are eligible, which I can’t wrap my head around.

    Here, as fast as I can remember, the only software comes from the government, from the time of floppy disks (provided free of charge) and Java. You can always pay a company to do that for you, but it’s so simple for the majority that we are basically consenting with the use or validating the information they already had.