The Internal Revenue Service is moving ahead with a plan to build its own free tax filing program, known as Direct File, announcing Tuesday that a pilot version will be available to some taxpayers in 13 states next year.

Armed with an influx of new money approved by Democrats last year, the IRS is conducting a major overhaul of its operations – despite continued threats from Republicans to cut future funding and even abolish the agency altogether.

Eventually, the IRS tax filing system could serve as an alternative to private tax preparation companies like H&R Block and Intuit’s TurboTax.

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    1 year ago

    That second paragraph doesn’t make sense to me. You are saying that “ordinary people” will notice that they benefit from the cost/return ratio compared to “rich people”, so they’ll get greedier?

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for medicaid for all… but I don’t follow that logic at all

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      They’ll notice that they benefit from taxation so they’ll be happier with a higher tax economy and see that tax cuts hurt them more than help them.