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by Spivak
752 days ago
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> so a direct file that handled state returns would take several years and hundreds of staff to develop and maintain Or just contract one of the companies that already do it with a public-private partnership. HR Block or whatever gets paid say 2x their current tax prep revenue in exchange for being the white-label direct-file available for free to everyone. Like these tax prep companies are crazy cheap for just being able to hit import next next next next next submit and never think about taxes ever. The work is already done, why duplicate it? |
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The IRS tried that already and the 3rd parties just used dark patterns that tricked customers into paying for unnecessary services.