IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
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IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
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Re: IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
#2Hopefully it does. The tax system here is ridiculous to say the least.
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#4Hopefully it does. The tax system here is ridiculous to say the least.
I lived in four countries before moving to the USA and none of them required me to file at all. As an ordinary employee, taxes were PAYE (Pay as you Earn) and there was no complicated system of tax exemptions that aren't either handled directly at source, or as separate rebates (like child allowance payments). I long for that day in the USA.
Re: IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
#5It is WAY past time for this. It's absurd that we have to regurgitate tax information that has already been reported to the government. But it's even more absurd that the government gives us no way to do so electronically.
And then there's the disgusting shell game that IS the entire U.S. tax system, which is the root of the whole problem.
But... didn't Congress pass some corrupt legislation years ago that made it illegal for the government to set up a tax-filing Web site? What happened to this: https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-...
Re: IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
#6I'm sure this will be killed in a lawsuit. Can't have the government destroying jobs.
Re: IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
#7It is WAY past time for this. It's absurd that we have to regurgitate tax information that has already been reported to the government. But it's even more absurd that the government gives us no way to do so electronically. And then there's the disgusting shell game that IS the entire U.S. tax system, which is the root of the whole problem. But... didn't Congress pass some corrupt legislation years ago that made it il…
> [1] on April 22, 2019 ProPublica published an exposé heavily criticizing the implementation of the Free File Program, which the bill would codify. The House then removed the Free File provision from the bill, which passed the House and Senate and was then signed by the president.
Re: IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
#8It is WAY past time for this. It's absurd that we have to regurgitate tax information that has already been reported to the government. But it's even more absurd that the government gives us no way to do so electronically. And then there's the disgusting shell game that IS the entire U.S. tax system, which is the root of the whole problem. But... didn't Congress pass some corrupt legislation years ago that made it il…
Never happened. Thanks Propublica! https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-reforms-free-file-pro...
Re: IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
#9It is WAY past time for this. It's absurd that we have to regurgitate tax information that has already been reported to the government. But it's even more absurd that the government gives us no way to do so electronically. And then there's the disgusting shell game that IS the entire U.S. tax system, which is the root of the whole problem. But... didn't Congress pass some corrupt legislation years ago that made it il…
Looks like the bill as passed didn't include that provision?
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3151
Re: IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants
#10It is WAY past time for this. It's absurd that we have to regurgitate tax information that has already been reported to the government. But it's even more absurd that the government gives us no way to do so electronically. And then there's the disgusting shell game that IS the entire U.S. tax system, which is the root of the whole problem. But... didn't Congress pass some corrupt legislation years ago that made it il…
> [1] on April 22, 2019 ProPublica published an exposé heavily criticizing the implementation of the Free File Program, which the bill would codify. The House then removed the Free File provision from the bill, which passed the House and Senate and was then signed by the president. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayer_First_Act
Thanks! Just read through all the provisions in the law and indeed noted the lack of any apparent reference to this disgraceful scheme.