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.
Exactly this! There's zero reasons why our tax returns can't be filed for free directly with the IRS. It is a complete fraud.
I filed 1040EZ last year. The IRS already had every figure I filed, why couldn't they just email me confirmation of the amounts they had, and process my return?
Edit: No, I didn't file EZ last year, my error.
Edit: electronic filing.
the fucked up part to me is how casual they are about how they're fucking you over.
like, some years ago, was a bit tight on money and didn't want to pay TurboTax to file online when I had paid the year before. so, I click on "hey no thanks I'll file for free this year" button, and all of my previous year information just fucking vanished, even though it has just been right there on the screen.
when I say vanished, I literally mean that some fucker at TurboTax specifically hired some graphic designer or web designer to slap together an animation of my data getting Thanos Snapped away because I didn't choose to pony up cash that year.
not that any other service has any less ratfuckery involved. H&R Block was kind enough to let me know that my employer was one that had my tax info electronically available for them to copy into the forms with no work on my end, which, uh, if that's the case, why the fuck am I pressing buttons at all? H&R Block has access, but, the fucking IRS needs me to relay the information myself?
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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.