[somacert]

Not run by the irs.

whois freefilefillableforms.com Domain Name: FREEFILEFILLABLEFORMS.COM Registry Domain ID: 1532523225_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2017-12-12T17:27:56Z Creation Date: 2008-12-11T19:53:30Z Registry Expiry Date: 2019-12-11T19:53:30Z Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [e-mail] Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: [phone] Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Name Server: DNS1.QUICKEN.COM Name Server: DNS2.QUICKEN.COM Name Server: DNS3.INTUIT.COM Name Server: DNS4.INTUIT.COM DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/

You are sending your data to Intuit.

Personally, I am a bit pissed that the IRS, a government organization with the sole purpose of collecting taxes, has no method for me to submit my tax return to them via the internet.

[NickM]

Wow, I had no idea, thanks for the info. The IRS website doesn't provide any obvious indication that FFFF is run by a third party, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they contracted it out like that.

Maybe it's time to just switch back to downloading the PDF forms, filling them in on my local computer, printing them out, and just mailing them in. Ugh.