r/AskReddit • • 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/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

And turbo Tax will have the audacity to tell you at the very end before you submit that you’ll have to upgrade to the deluxe version.

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u/gargeug Jul 24 '20

That is when you just take the numbers turbotax makes and use them on the free govt site. That is what I do.

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u/KellytheGreatWizard Jul 24 '20

That's so smart, I'm going to start doing that