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0 pointsProcNetDev1y ago0 comments

How so? You don't pay TurboTax per regulation. You pay them a flat fee to file your taxes.

I might buy that line of thinking for a corporation but the direct file program was about individuals. Elon gleefully tweeted about how that had been deleted. That's a direct give away to TurboTax and H&R Block.

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scarab921y ago· 2 in thread

You're solving the wrong problem.

The issue isn't direct file vs TurboTax.

It's whether most individuals should have to file at all.

A few tweaks around employment income and capital gains, and you can do away with filing altogether for most people.

ProcNetDevOP1y ago

I am willing to wager that the IRS will continue to exist.

scarab921y ago

Obviously, but most normal people won't have to interact with them.

chowchowchow1y ago

I like how the dude you’re replying to is parallelizing being wrong about this in every reply thread.

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