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IRS will pilot free, direct tax filing in 2024 (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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IRS will pilot free, direct tax filing in 2024::Direct File is a shot across the bows of Turbotax, H&R Block, and others who have resisted free and simple tax filing for decades.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not American, bit my understanding is that filling taxes in the US is complicated and confusing to the point where most people use paid software to do it. There is an obvious lobby of tax filing software companies keeping it that way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

nailed it.