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.

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    536 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      96 months ago

      waste of taxpayer money

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

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      96 months ago

      Paying for the honor of either giving the government more money, or convincing them that they took too much and to give it back. But don’t worry, they’ll double check your work sometimes to make sure you gave them enough (fuck you if you gave them too much though). Oh, thinking “if they know how much I owed them anyway, why do I have to do this shit in the first place?” Fuck you, that’s why.

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        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.

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

              • @[email protected]
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                16 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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                  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”

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