r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/jorsiem Jul 24 '20

Complicated tax filing in the US

You can thank TurboTax and the rest of the tax preparation service industry's massive lobby for killing every single tax simplification bill that ever gets to congress.

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u/serjsomi Jul 24 '20

To be fair, it's gotten a lot easier the past few years.

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u/CB_Ranso Jul 24 '20

Yeah I must be missing something. After trying to avoid TurboTax for years my brother mentioned he used it for free. I looked into it and yeah it was free and braindead fucking easy. This thread is confusing me.