The Internal Revenue Service is moving ahead with a plan to build its own free tax filing program, known as Direct File, announcing Tuesday that a pilot version will be available to some taxpayers in 13 states next year.

Armed with an influx of new money approved by Democrats last year, the IRS is conducting a major overhaul of its operations – despite continued threats from Republicans to cut future funding and even abolish the agency altogether.

Eventually, the IRS tax filing system could serve as an alternative to private tax preparation companies like H&R Block and Intuit’s TurboTax.

  • GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt
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    1 year ago

    Why not use free software like TaxHawk? It’s been around for a while. At least since HR Block and TurboTax started charging people a few years ago.

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      1 year ago

      Up until last year, our bank gave us a significant discount on TurboTax, so it wasn’t worth shopping around. Then TurboTax raised their prices. As for TaxHawk, I wasn’t aware they existed, but I’ll maybe take a look this coming tax season.