The “IRS will functionally increase taxes” argument is a distraction and I doubt anyone here takes it seriously.
But the argument matters because it has given Congress political cover to let Intuit keep leeching off the system, so a response is in order.
Congress should require the IRS to give every person an auditable receipt of every tax they paid in a standard format.
Then, truly public-minded services can use the receipt to help people understand if their filings were correct.
There’s no good reason automated IRS filing would result in tax increases for anyone, it’s a fixable problem, and good grief I’m ready to stop paying TurboTax $180/year.
The “IRS will functionally increase taxes” argument is a distraction and I doubt anyone here takes it seriously.
But the argument matters because it has given Congress political cover to let Intuit keep leeching off the system, so a response is in order.
Congress should require the IRS to give every person an auditable receipt of every tax they paid in a standard format.
Then, truly public-minded services can use the receipt to help people understand if their filings were correct.
There’s no good reason automated IRS filing would result in tax increases for anyone, it’s a fixable problem, and good grief I’m ready to stop paying TurboTax $180/year.