Intuit and H&R Block lobby against IRS free tax filing
The idea has been batted around and hotly debated for a long time. Congress now has directed the IRS to report in on how such a system might work.
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The idea has been batted around and hotly debated for a long time. Congress now has directed the IRS to report in on how such a system might work.
The IRS has been tasked with looking into how to create a government-operated electronic free-file tax return system for all. But that doesn’t sit well with the big tax-prep companies.
Almost one-quarter of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes.
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Big tax preparation companies have millions of dollars to lose if the program comes to fruition. Last year, more than 60 million taxpayers were serviced by Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax, and H&R Block.