On: IRS will look into setting up a free e-filing system

[yosito]

Hey bro, heard you like tax, so we're taxing your tax so you can pay taxes while you pay taxes.

[Something1234 → yosito]

How is it any different than the private subsidy to intuit that exists now cause no one wants to figure it out?

[oblio → Something1234]

Well, it's better, for one.

Instead of the money potentially being used by the government, where on paper everyone is a shareholder.

Now you pass that money to a company, where the beneficiaries are a restricted set of shareholders and top executives.

Much better!

[askvictor → yosito]

In Australia, you can claim a tax deduction for the costs incurred in managing your tax deductions.