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IRS will launch free online tax-filing pilot in 13 states next year (thehill.com)

submitted 11 months ago by btaf45@lemmy.world to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The IRS initially announced its plans to launch a test run of the direct tax-filing program in May, after issuing a report on its feasibility in response to a requirement in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Sounds like we can thank Joe Biden for finally making this happen despite decades of Intuit buying our lawmakers so they can keep fucking people over with TurboTax

[–] hahattpro@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What TurboTax cost ?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

If you're able to stay on the lowest tier, I think like $50-60, but if you have any forms not included in that tier, it's more, and they are constantly trying to upsell you. If you accidentally click an upsell, they also won't let you remove it or go back. One year I just had to erase everything and start over to not pay an extra $70 for a service I did not need