Residents of 12 states are eligible to participate if they meet certain criteria. But the agency’s plans have already met resistance from tax preparation companies.

  • @GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    5311 months ago

    A spokeswoman for Intuit, Tania Mercado, criticized the direct file project as a “half-baked solution” and a waste of taxpayer money.

    Yeah, screw you. You shouldn’t have to pay to file your taxes. End of story.

    • @anachronist@midwest.social
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      1011 months ago

      waste of taxpayer money

      The existence of Intuit as a company has wasted taxpayers (checks notes) $14.37 billion dollars.

      • @GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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        611 months ago

        Oh, thinking “if they know how much I owed them anyway, why do I have to do this shit in the first place?”

        They do that in pretty much all other developed countries. Never had to worry about filing taxes when I lived overseas. Just double check their work and forget about it until next year.

        • HeartyBeastOP
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          311 months ago

          In the UK, if you are basically employed by one employer with minimal savings, you don’t have to fill in a tax return. As soon as things get a bit more complicated- you are self-employed or have multiple streams of income, you have to fill in a return

            • HeartyBeastOP
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              111 months ago

              I’m not sure how you drew that conclusion from what I said.

              • @GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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                111 months ago

                As soon as things get a bit more complicated- you are self-employed or have multiple streams of income, you have to fill in a return

                Maybe I misunderstood.

                • HeartyBeastOP
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                  111 months ago

                  That’s not to do with copying anyone though. It’s just an intrinsic problem with the complexity: “We’re pretty sure we have the information needed to calculate your tax? No worries, we won’t brother you. Affairs are more complicated? We’ll have to ask you for help”

      • HeartyBeastOP
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        111 months ago

        In the UK, I’ve certainly had times when I’ve paid too much and they refunded me.