[gostintheshell]

The status quo for this level of filing is free fillable forms which AFAIK turbotax made under a restrictive contract that prevents them from involving data brokers and involving other private ventures.

There's no justification for the IRS needing higher security than free fillable forms or normal turbo tax to deliver a similar self prepared efiling, so they are repeating the same crime the next level down, choosing a private system to provide something that benefits the IRS and is of negative value to the tax payer themself.

[sanderjd]

That is emphatically not the status quo.