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IRS has launched its free tax filing service, Direct File, in 12 states (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"Direct File provides a free, secure option for taxpayers with simple tax situations in 12 states to file their taxes directly with the IRS," the Treasury Department said. "Direct File is easy to use, with no hidden junk fees, and works as well on a smartphone as it does on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer. Direct File shows taxpayers the math so they can be sure that their return is accurate, and they are getting the refund they are entitled to."

You can check whether you qualify to use the system at directfile.irs.gov. Based on the eligibility restrictions in the IRS program, the Treasury Department said it "estimates that one-third of all federal income tax returns filed could be prepared using Direct File."

But there are many limits that would prevent taxpayers from using the system.

What you can and can’t file

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[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I never heard about any literal bribes the IRS accepted for the above, more that it was bog standard defunding and congressional lobbying.

Can you link a reputable article about this?

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I am using the word "bribes" to describe lobbying within the bounds of the law. No one broke the law here because we've effectively legalized bribery.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

So...you changed the definition of a word to imply the IRS was a criminal enterprise engaged in crime to maintain an admitting shitty status quo when in fact no one involved commitee any crime at all. Not just at an organizational level, but literally anyone, anywhere in the IRS.

Got it.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

So...you changed the definition of a word ...

No. The word was used correctly. Below is a definition of the word "bribe".

bribe /brīb/ noun

1 Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.

2 Something offered to induce another to do something. "tried to use dessert as a bribe to get the child to cooperate."

intransitive verb

1 To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.

2 To give, offer, or promise bribes.

3 To commit robbery or theft.

4 To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.