[bobbydroptables]

This isn't a reason that the feds couldn't do it, though. (The federal government only deals with one kind of taxes: federal taxes).

It's only an argument that the state and local governments would need their own, parallel systems if they wanted to participate.

[swebs]

The Federal government does have an online system to file your taxes for free.

https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-f...