Congress is About To Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing

[ElNono]

Congress is About To Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing

Just in time for Tax Day, the for-profit tax preparation industry is about to realize one of its long-sought goals. Congressional Democrats and Republicans are moving to permanently bar the IRS from creating a free electronic tax filing system (https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-the-government-from-offering-free-online-tax-filing-thank-turbotax).

ProPublica reports:Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee, led by Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), passed (https://waysandmeans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ways-means-committee-passes-historic-legislation-redesign-irs) the Taxpayer First Act (https://projects.propublica.org/represent/bills/116/hr1957), a wide-ranging bill making several administrative changes to the IRS that is sponsored by Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Mike Kelly (R-Pa). In one of its provisions, the bill makes it illegal for the IRS to create its own online system of tax filing. Companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, and H&R Block have lobbied for years to block the IRS from creating such a system. If the tax agency created its own program, which would be similar to programs other developed countries have, it would threaten the industry's profits.

"This could be a disaster. It could be the final nail in the coffin of the idea of the IRS ever being able to create its own program," said Mandi Matlock, a tax attorney who does work for the National Consumer Law Center. Experts have long argued that the IRS has failed to make filing taxes as easy and cheap as it could be. In addition to a free system of online tax preparation and filing, the agency could provide people with pre-filled tax forms containing the salary data the agency already has, as ProPublica first reported (https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-fought-free-simple-tax-filing) on in 2013.

[Psychopav Chump]

Present

[ElNono]

This is what across the aisle looks like... but det swamp!

[boutons_deux]

"Companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, and H&R Block have lobbied for years to block the IRS from creating such a system."

Congressional whores paid to satisfy BigDonor, not what's best for citizens / voters.

BigDonor has privatized more and more of govt functions which should be free.

iow, your silly voting charades don't fucking count when it comes to laws, policies, rules and regs.

[spurraider21]

disgusting tbh... and they absolutely should pre-fill all w2 information that they already have.

[Winehole23]

Team Blue taking the side of tax preparers against taxpayers, it was Pelosi who moved this deal in the House.

[Chris]

I didn't want to break it to them when the thread was conceived. You kind of ruined it tbh.

[Winehole23]

I didn't want to break it to them when the thread was conceived. You kind of ruined it tbh.Actually, Republicans in the US Senate could stop this from happening.

[AaronY]

I didn't want to break it to them when the thread was conceived. You kind of ruined it tbh.
ElNono knows the house is Democratic. Not everyone is a partisan hack who only highlights things that make his team or favored people look good

[ElNono]

ElNono knows the house is Democratic. Not everyone is a partisan hack who only highlights things that make his team or favored people look good

sup Aaron, what would be a reverse votingrepublican.jpg, tbh?

[Chris]

I love ElNono cock in my mouth!

[ChumpDumper]

Qhris, that's a troll post.

[Spurtacular]

Present


Qhris, that's a troll post.

Called it.

[Pavlov]

Called it.
You've only posted about me .

[DMC]

ElNono knows the house is Democratic. Not everyone is a partisan hack who only highlights things that make his team or favored people look good

Yeah there's at least two or three people here who don't.

[Spurtacular]

You've only posted about me .

You've voted present.

[Pavlov]

You've voted present.You voted for me.

[Spurtacular]

You voted for me.

You voted present all on your own. It's what you do.

[Pavlov]

You voted present all on your own. It's what you do.

You voted for me all on your own. It's what you do.

[Pavlov]

Dupe

[Spurtacular]

You voted for me all on your own. It's what you do.

Your first post was a present post. It's what you do

[Pavlov]

Your first post was a present post. It's what you do
All your posts here are about me. It's what you do.

[Millennial_Messiah]

I've always used Intuit TurboTax, didn't even know the IRS had its own system tbh

[Spurtacular]

All your posts here are about me. It's what you do.

You vote present over and over. :lmao

[Pavlov]

You vote present over and over. :lmaoYou vote for me over and over. :lmao

[Spurtacular]

Still present

[Pavlov]

What's your vote, derp?

[Spurtacular]

What's your vote, derp?

:lmao Not anteing up. Par.

[spurraider21]

present

present

[TSA]

^^^
By far the most pathetic little “fued” going on in the political forum. It takes two.

[Pavlov]

^^^
By far the most pathetic little “fued” going on in the political forum. It takes two.:lmao go find another Q to worship, dumbass.

It's a dumb law.

[Spurtacular]

Still present

[Pavlov]

I just posted what I think of the proposed law.

You haven't.

[Spurtacular]

I just posted what I think of the proposed law.

You haven't.

Don't give me your psychopav truth. You've said jack shit about it ITT.

[Winehole23]

Pavlov said the law is dumb.

Others have said it won't survive judicial scrutiny, which is another way of saying the Texas lege is spinning its wheels.

[AaronY]

Yeah there's at least two or three people here who don't.
Tbh to be fair Chris does more than post things that make MAGA and Trump look good.

He also posts things that make Democrats look bad. Versatile performer tbh

[DMC]

Tbh to be fair Chris does more than post things that make MAGA and Trump look good.

He also posts things that make Democrats look bad. Versatile performer tbh

A "reach across the isle" sort of guy.

[Pavlov]

Don't give me your psychopav truth. You've said jack shit about it ITT.
Pavlov said the law is dumb.lol

[Spurtacular]

A "dumb law." Oh, the rich insight.

[Pavlov]

I vote present.

[Spurtacular]

I don't care much one way or another; though I think the govt. should give away vouchers for people preparing their taxes in a timely manner.

[Pavlov]

Present.

[Spurtacular]

:cry But it has to be a hard nay or yay :cry
:cry I don't do nuance, remember :cry

:lmao

[Pavlov]

Present.

[Spurtacular]

Vain narrative.

[Pavlov]

Still present.

[Spurtacular]

Hardly. Free govt. shit has a bad track record. I understand the concerns of selling out to the tax lobby; but at least they have an economic incentive to find the taxpayers savings.

[Pavlov]

Being bullied into trying to say something other than present!

[Spurtacular]

:lol More little W hunting.