Absolutely this. For most individual filers, the government already knows what you owe and what, if anything, your refund should be. For these people, filing taxes should be no more difficult than logging in to an IRS portal, affirming no changes to the already prepared forms, and logging out. But Intuit and other companies spend a shitload of money to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Absolutely this. For most individual filers, the government already knows what you owe and what, if anything, your refund should be. For these people, filing taxes should be no more difficult than logging in to an IRS portal, affirming no changes to the already prepared forms, and logging out. But Intuit and other companies spend a shitload of money to make sure this doesn’t happen.