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The IRS Free File pilot program helped 140K taxpayers save $5.6M in tax filing costs in 2024.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
April 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The IRS Free File pilot program helped 140K taxpayers save $5.6M in tax filing costs in 2024.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
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With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)