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In response to "Intuit (TurboTax) pulling out of Free File because the government won’t allow them to bait and switch filers anymore. -- (link)" by spamlet

Time to overhaul the system. My layman's understanding is the IRS knows all the info we're sending them and the vast majority of us

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jul 19 '21, 05:40

shouldn't even need to file taxes. The IRS can do it all themselves and just send us a refund or a bill.

I know some people have complicated taxes for different reasons and for those people there will be companies to handle their taxes.

We should be thinking bigger and not just how to let people file taxes for free. Let's make it so most Americans don't even have to file.

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Yes and no. - spamlet Jul 19, 06:22 6
- On fixing errors, one year I had the tiniest error on my form and correcting it required submitting a whole new 1040X. - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 06:32
- Those sound like issues that can be resolved with a larger budget and a more robust staff and not issues that would prevent it from being implemented. -- nm - Krusty Jul 19, 06:27 4
  - You’ve dealt with bureaucracies and errors right? - spamlet Jul 19, 06:33 3
    - Like that time the city thought I hadn't paid my earnings tax. Good times, good times. No, wait, the opposite. - Baron of the Rings Jul 19, 06:40 1
      - The IRS has nothing on Gregory FX Daly’s office. - spamlet Jul 19, 06:45
    - Sure but we can be better and I refuse to believe that because of past issues we shouldn't be trying to make a better system for the majority of us. - Krusty Jul 19, 06:36
This. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 19, 06:16 4
- will never happen, as it would require either: a massive increase in the staffing size at the IRs or a massive increase in IT spending to develop the - tRuMaN Jul 19, 06:21 3
  - It can be done if the politicians want it to be done but I'm not sure any of them really care enough. We don't think big anymore and just carry - Krusty Jul 19, 06:33
  - That, and the tax prep lobby makes sure it doesn't. -- nm - znufrii Jul 19, 06:22 1
    - I dont think the tax prep lobby cares about the simple returns that would benefit from this system, as it wont affect - tRuMaN Jul 19, 06:23
I'd be okay with this, but still want to check behind the government. Not that I don't trust the government or anything. -- nm - sycor Jul 19, 05:44 1
- I'm sure if it was actually set up you could review things online and if there's an issue you could have it looked into. - Krusty Jul 19, 05:47

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