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Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to World News@beehaw.org · 3 years ago

IRS move toward free e-filing could end years of corporate domination

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IRS move toward free e-filing could end years of corporate domination

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Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to World News@beehaw.org · 3 years ago
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The tax agency got $15 million in the Inflation Reduction Act to study making its own free digital tax-filing platform, long a priority for Democrats.
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    For one, they don’t have the funding to do this. But perhaps more importantly, its not in the interest of companies which sell tax services. Lobbying is by far the most important reason as to why the system we have exists.

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      Citizens United

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