Comment by beej71

7 months ago

Oregon made its own turbo tax competitor and it's great, and getting better every year. I was really looking forward to Direct File. (I used an accountant this year so I didn't get my chance.) Back to filing my own returns by hand next year.

Thank you, DOGE brainiacs who decided I had to keep doing it the inefficient way.

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mvdtnz  7 months ago

USA doesn't need a TurboTax competitor (of which there are many - I worked for one which struggled in the US market). It needs reform. TurboTax should be unnecessary.

  • beej71  7 months ago

    I agree that TurboTax should be unnecessary. And if you want to make it unnecessary by simplifying the tax code, go for it. In the meantime, we should have a free and efficient direct-to-IRS method of paying taxes that doesn't rely on paying extra fees to a middleman.

  • fractallyte  7 months ago

    That reform needs to be a lot more substantial.

    What I read in the article is an account of corruption on a staggering scale, permeating the democratic foundations of the US.

  • sanderjd  7 months ago

    This is perfect being the enemy of good.

    • intended  7 months ago

      Being able to file taxes is ideally a public good.

      For private enterprise, the benefits are to encourage more complex tax laws, and to add MORE challenges that they can intermediate.

      The incentives for governments are to get it done easily, cheaply and at scale, without differentiation between users.

      Plus we know how this is done globally. We even know that tax filing is intentionally made as painful as possible to ensure American voters hate filing taxes even more.

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