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by onetimeusename 1125 days ago
I don't think this is true. The total lobbying dollars of H&R Block and Intuit is not really a lot of money[1][2] although it is something. I think there is an incentive for these companies to support more complicated taxes but I doubt they are the cause of complicated taxes. The IRS brings in a lot of profit on extra collections and penalties.[3]

[1]: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/h-r-block/lobbying?id=D0000...

[2]: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/totals?id=D00002...

[3]: https://www.irs.gov/statistics/collections-activities-penalt...