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IRS will pilot free, direct tax filing in 2024::Direct File is a shot across the bows of Turbotax, H&R Block, and others who have resisted free and simple tax filing for decades.

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[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago

Because Intuit and H&R Block have given more money to have it stay the same than anybody has for simplifying it.

[-] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Gotta love a bribery based legislature system.

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Can’t like… a few million of us put a dollar in to make a big enough bribe to counter these assholes’ bribes?

[-] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

People have tried with minimal success to do something like this IIRC.

The biggest problem is that corporate America has shit loads of cash. So much so that even if Americans were to pull the money together, it just wouldn't compete.

The solution is to vote politicians into power that don't accept bribes and are willing to criminalize them.

[-] TwoGems@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So basically never vote for Republicans!

[-] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

More or less, yeah

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