{"id":7377,"date":"2019-04-09T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=7221db254194e7074829dd2d2d03f079"},"modified":"2019-04-09T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T13:40:46","slug":"congress-is-about-to-ban-the-government-from-offering-free-online-tax-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=7377","title":{"rendered":"Congress is about to ban the government from offering free online tax filing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

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Just in time for Tax Day, the for-profit tax preparation industry is about to realize one of its long-sought goals. Congressional Democrats and Republicans are moving to permanently bar the IRS from creating a free electronic tax filing system.<\/p>\n

Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee, led by Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), passed<\/a> the Taxpayer First Act, a wide-ranging bill making several administrative changes to the IRS that is sponsored by Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Mike Kelly (R-Pa).<\/p>\n

In one of its provisions, the bill makes it illegal for the IRS to create its own online system of tax filing. Companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, and H&R Block have lobbied for years to block the IRS from creating such a system. If the tax agency created its own program, which would be similar to programs other developed countries have, it would threaten the industry’s profits.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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