Support free tax filing!

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/09/tax-prep-companies-lobbying-against-free-file-face-scrutiny-from-lawmakers/

#IRS #USTaxes #Taxes #FreeFile #Lobbying

Gizmodo: The IRS Wants You to Go Paperless Next Tax Season https://gizmodo.com/irs-will-allow-taxpayers-to-file-digitally-1850703144 #taxationintheunitedstates #internalrevenueservice #irstaxforms #taxreturn #freefile #irsefile

Smith's cult also spent decades lobbying to keep the IRS from offering a free filing service. Instead, Intuit joined a cartel that offered a "#FreeFile" service to some low- and medium-income Americans:

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free

But the cartel sabotaged Free File from the start.

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The most successful scam was #FreeFile, a program cooked up by the tax-prep cartel that claimed it would provide free tax-prep to low-income Americans.

Freefile was a literal fraud: Intuit and its co-monopolists used a raft of deceptive "#DarkPatterns" to trick people - students, veterans, retirees, and the poorest among us - into paying for services that they were entitled to use for free.

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As much as I hate talking about #taxes , I've used this online service for the past two years, and it's pretty painless.

#taxseason #freefile #IRS

https://www.freefilefillableforms.com/

For this #TaxSeason its time to acknowledge that #TurboTax is a ripoff. If you make under $73K per year, do yourself a favor and file your federal (and even state, if you’re eligible) #taxes for free at:

irs.gov/freefile

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#irs #freefile #tax