If You File Taxes In America, Here's A Reminder That You're Probably Able To Do It For Free, And Companies

If you file taxes in America, here's a reminder that you're probably able to do it for free, and companies work really REALLY hard to make sure you pay

ProPublica

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free

Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free a

This article from ProPublica (a reputable, nonprofit newsroom that does a lot of investigative journalism) will make you furious. It's from 2019, so the good news is that in the years since, the IRS was given a bunch of money and this year is actually piloting their own online filing thing, which TurboTax absolutely hates, of course. But the article is worth reading to understand the width and breadth of the money and industry that is trying to steer people into paying.

By the way? Approximately 70% of taxpayers are eligible for the existing IRS Free File program (not through TurboTax, they've got their own, deceptive advertising, and aren't part of the official government program), but less than 5% of eligible taxpayers did.

The big companies count on people getting stressed and just giving in and paying even when they shouldn't have to. They've invested a lot of time and energy into forcing taxpayers to needlessly pay for tax returns.

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