🚨 BREAKING 🚨 @IRSnews has released a new report to Capitol Hill detailing their capacity to build a free & simplified #TaxFiling system.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5788.pdf

Stressed about #TaxFiling deadline? New #programs hint at hope for an #automated system

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tax-filing-deadline-1.6825841

@fsf #FUNFACT: #Germany's #ELSTER #TaxFiling Software and system is free and available for everyone.

What you likely want is tax advisory software, which won't be FLOSS'd for legal reasons and the fact that it's systemically paywalled.

RT @codeforamerica: @SenatorCarper, @SenWarren, and their colleagues are right: filing taxes should be free and easy. We hope Commissioner Werfel prioritizes the project to build a human-centered #TaxFiling tool. https://t.co/oFtUCmPdqb https://t.co/ewsX4L1sXG

@SenatorCarper, @SenWarren, and their colleagues are right: filing taxes should be free and easy. We hope Commissioner Werfel prioritizes the project to build a human-centered #TaxFiling tool. https://t.co/oFtUCmPdqb https://t.co/ewsX4L1sXG

Taxpayers want to be able to file taxes for free on the @IRSnews website through a simple and human-centered #TaxFiling tool. We've added our name to this letter from the @ABC__Coalition to create a permanent direct file tool.
https://t.co/EH8R2Tbs3n

Fellow Americans: If you haven't finished filing for 2022 yet, please consider allocating $3.00 of your tax payment to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. You can find the option on your return or ask your tax preparer to select it.

Contributing to the fund does not affect your tax liability or reduce your refund. Our elections should be funded through public money only and this is an easy way for taxpayers to contribute to that goal.

#taxes #TaxFiling #PresidentialElectionCampaignFund

#Corruption: Using #lobbying, the #revolvingdoor and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make #taxfiling free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

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

Oh, Tax Season, forgive my dismay
As we head into 2023's day
Though it feels the same
Small changes we should claim
For a smoother filing along the way

#taxseason #2023 #taxfiling #ode #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/your-money/taxes-venmo-student-loans.html

It’s that time of the year again.😉 #TaxFiling

My tax accountant requires that I complete a 26-page questionnaire. Questions include things like whether or not I suffered a casualty or loss due to a federally declared disaster. I can only cope with this for five minutes at a time.
#IncomeTax
#TaxFiling
#IRS

“… the success of TurboTax rests on a shaky foundation, one that could collapse overnight if the U.S. government did what most wealthy countries did long ago and made tax filing simple and free for most citizens.” https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free #TurboTax #Intuit #Corporate #Corruption #Economy #Taxes #TaxFiling #TaxFilingSoftware #FreeTaxFiling #IncomeTax #IRS

Does anyone have any recommendations for a US Federal and/or State Income Tax preparation/filing software?

Requirements are:
- #FOSS / #FLOSS / #OpenSource
- either #SelfHosted / #SelfHosting or just a local application
- #privacy focused (no or minimal integrations with other tax prep/filing providers, no trackers, etc.)
- fully compliant with current IRS and any other applicable tax laws/regulations/forms
- NOT #TurboTax / #HRBlock / etc.

#Tax #IncomeTax #TaxFilings #TaxFiling #TaxPreparers

Popular #taxfiling websites have been sending users' #financial information to ⁦#Meta⁩ through its #Pixel, a piece of code embedded on #websites to #track visitors' activities and identify #Facebook and ⁦#instagram⁩ users to target with #ads https://www.engadget.com/meta-collecting-sensitive-financial-data-tax-prep-websites-100454171.html?src=rss #dataprivacyday #datasecurity

Here to add another layer of dread ahead of the upcoming tax season; information like income, refund amounts, filing status, and even the amount of dependents’ college scholarships. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/ #cybersecurity #privacy #TaxFiling #Meta #TaxAct #H&RBlock #TaxSlayer

Major #TaxFiling websites secretly share #income data with Meta

> #TheMarkup published the data sent to Meta by these companies, which it confirmed was sometimes generated and shared “regardless of whether the person using the tax filing service has an account on #Facebook ” or other #Meta service.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/

#HRBlock #TaxAct #TaxSlayer

> #TheMarkup published the data sent to Meta by these companies, which it confirmed was sometimes generated and shared “regardless of whether the person using the tax filing service has an account on #Facebook ” or other #Meta service.

Major #TaxFiling
websites secretly share #income data with Meta

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/

#HRBlock #TaxAct #TaxSlayer

#TaxFiling websites have been sending users’ financial information to #Facebook https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing

#taxfiling #facebook https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/11/22/tax-filing-websites-have-been-sending-users-financial-information-to-facebook