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Free, Easy, Dead: The Difficult Birth And Predictable Death Of #IRS #DirectFile | Defector
via @wallabag
https://defector.com/free-easy-dead-the-difficult-birth-and-predictable-death-of-irs-direct-file
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Free, Easy, Dead: The Difficult Birth And Predictable Death Of #IRS #DirectFile | Defector
via @wallabag
https://defector.com/free-easy-dead-the-difficult-birth-and-predictable-death-of-irs-direct-file
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Free, Easy, Dead: The Difficult Birth And Predictable Death Of IRS Direct File
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Free, Easy, Dead: The Difficult Birth And Predictable Death Of IRS Direct File
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Actually, ending Direct File cost US #taxpayers approximately $23 BILLION per year.
In the two years it was available, Direct File achieved a 98% satisfaction rating.
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Actually, ending Direct File cost US #taxpayers approximately $23 BILLION per year.
In the two years it was available, Direct File achieved a 98% satisfaction rating.
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Bring back Direct File and save Americans millions of $ in tax preparation fees!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kill-switch/id1449757372?i=1000760204402
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Bring back Direct File and save Americans millions of $ in tax preparation fees!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kill-switch/id1449757372?i=1000760204402
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#IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing #tax returns for #free, will not be offered next year, the #Trump admin has confirmed.
An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to state comptrollers that participate in the #DirectFile program said that “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.”
The program developed during #Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast & economical.
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#IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing #tax returns for #free, will not be offered next year, the #Trump admin has confirmed.
An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to state comptrollers that participate in the #DirectFile program said that “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.”
The program developed during #Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast & economical.
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IRS Notifies States There Will Be No Direct File Program For 2026
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IRS Notifies States There Will Be No Direct File Program For 2026
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The fate of the #DirectFile program, the #free electronic #tax return filing system developed during President #Biden’s #Democratic admin, is also unclear. #Republican lawmakers & commercial tax preparation companies had complained it was a waste of #taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use. #BillyLong said during his confirmation hearing that it would be one of the first programs that come up for discussion if he were confirmed.
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The fate of the #DirectFile program, the #free electronic #tax return filing system developed during President #Biden’s #Democratic admin, is also unclear. #Republican lawmakers & commercial tax preparation companies had complained it was a waste of #taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use. #BillyLong said during his confirmation hearing that it would be one of the first programs that come up for discussion if he were confirmed.
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#IRS #DirectFile getting released as #FreeSoftware is a big win for free software advocates: https://u.fsf.org/47a
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#IRS #DirectFile getting released as #FreeSoftware is a big win for free software advocates: https://u.fsf.org/47a
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The #IRS #Tax Filing #Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Released as #OpenSource
#DirectFile and the IRS's #FreeFile program more broadly have been the subject of years of #lobbying efforts by financial technology giants like #Intuit, which makes #TurboTax. #DOGE also sought to kill Direct File.
About 300,000 people used it last year as part of a limited pilot program, and those who did gave it incredibly positive reviews!
https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/
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The #IRS #Tax Filing #Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Released as #OpenSource
#DirectFile and the IRS's #FreeFile program more broadly have been the subject of years of #lobbying efforts by financial technology giants like #Intuit, which makes #TurboTax. #DOGE also sought to kill Direct File.
About 300,000 people used it last year as part of a limited pilot program, and those who did gave it incredibly positive reviews!
https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/
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As políticas públicas que utilizam #SoftwareLivre representam "ilhas de #póscapitalismo", no sentido indicado por #MarkFisher.
Viva o #SoftwarePúblico!"…because it is free and because it is an example of #governmentworking, #DirectFile and the #IRS’s Free File program more broadly have been the subject of years of lobbying efforts by financial technology giants like Intuit, which makes TurboTax. #DOGE sought to kill Direct File, and currently, there is language in Trump’s massive budget reconciliation bill that would kill Direct File. Experts say that “ending [the] Direct File program is a gift to the tax-prep industry that will cost taxpayers time and money.”
@jasonkoeblerhttps://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/
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As políticas públicas que utilizam #SoftwareLivre representam "ilhas de #póscapitalismo", no sentido indicado por #MarkFisher.
Viva o #SoftwarePúblico!"…because it is free and because it is an example of #governmentworking, #DirectFile and the #IRS’s Free File program more broadly have been the subject of years of lobbying efforts by financial technology giants like Intuit, which makes TurboTax. #DOGE sought to kill Direct File, and currently, there is language in Trump’s massive budget reconciliation bill that would kill Direct File. Experts say that “ending [the] Direct File program is a gift to the tax-prep industry that will cost taxpayers time and money.”
@jasonkoeblerhttps://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/
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An internal IRS report says that 94% of Direct File users rated their experience as "excellent" or "above average".
(And as the article mentions, even though it's been shut down, it is open-source! https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file)
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An internal IRS report says that 94% of Direct File users rated their experience as "excellent" or "above average".
(And as the article mentions, even though it's been shut down, it is open-source! https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file)
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Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America's Taxpayers
https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/
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Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America's Taxpayers
https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/
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The #IRS #DirectFile program has saved #taxpayers millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. #US taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes.
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The #IRS #DirectFile program has saved #taxpayers millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. #US taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes.
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#DirectFile è un sistema dell'Internal Revenue Service, ente governativo, per consentire la dichiarazione dei redditi elettronica gratuita, lanciato sotto la presidenza di Joe Biden
Direct File ha minacciato i modelli di profitto delle società private di preparazione dei conti fiscali, che addebitano al contribuente medio circa 140 dollari all'anno e hanno speso milioni di dollari per fare lobbying contro l'alternativa pubblica
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ending-free-irs-tax-filing-program-what-know-2060647
cc @phastidio
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#DirectFile è un sistema dell'Internal Revenue Service, ente governativo, per consentire la dichiarazione dei redditi elettronica gratuita, lanciato sotto la presidenza di Joe Biden
Direct File ha minacciato i modelli di profitto delle società private di preparazione dei conti fiscali, che addebitano al contribuente medio circa 140 dollari all'anno e hanno speso milioni di dollari per fare lobbying contro l'alternativa pubblica
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ending-free-irs-tax-filing-program-what-know-2060647
cc @phastidio
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You shouldn't have to sacrifice your freedom to file your #taxes electronically: https://u.fsf.org/46g #IRS #FreeSoftware #DirectFile #FSF
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You shouldn't have to sacrifice your freedom to file your #taxes electronically: https://u.fsf.org/46g #IRS #FreeSoftware #DirectFile #FSF
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You shouldn't have to sacrifice your freedom to file your #taxes electronically: https://u.fsf.org/46g #IRS #FreeSoftware #DirectFile #FSF
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You shouldn't have to sacrifice your freedom to file your #taxes electronically: https://u.fsf.org/46g #IRS #FreeSoftware #DirectFile #FSF
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Buried in this article is the plan to eliminate the #IRS #DirectFile program which has saved #taxpayers millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. #US taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes.
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Buried in this article is the plan to eliminate the #IRS #DirectFile program which has saved #taxpayers millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. #US taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes.
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The #IRS #DirectFile program should be free as in freedom: https://u.fsf.org/46g #FreeSoftware #UserFreedom #FSF
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The #IRS #DirectFile program should be free as in freedom: https://u.fsf.org/46g #FreeSoftware #UserFreedom #FSF
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…Among the marquee websites that #18F employees helped build or revamp are the #IRS’s free tax filing service known as #DirectFile & the National Weather Service’s page, weather.gov.
But since #Trump returned to the Oval Office, 18F has also been targeted by #ElonMusk, the #tech #billionaire whom Trump tasked w/cutting back the government. #Musk wrote last month in a post on his social media platform, X, that “that group has been deleted.”
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…Among the marquee websites that #18F employees helped build or revamp are the #IRS’s free tax filing service known as #DirectFile & the National Weather Service’s page, weather.gov.
But since #Trump returned to the Oval Office, 18F has also been targeted by #ElonMusk, the #tech #billionaire whom Trump tasked w/cutting back the government. #Musk wrote last month in a post on his social media platform, X, that “that group has been deleted.”
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Paying taxes without generating profit for some middleman is woke? Who knew?
Thanks to DOGE, millions of Americans have just lost their ability to file taxes online for free.
Now they must use third party paid services like Turbo Tax.
This is 0% about inefficiency and 100% about ripping you off.
h/t Micah Erfan on Twitter
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Paying taxes without generating profit for some middleman is woke? Who knew?
Thanks to DOGE, millions of Americans have just lost their ability to file taxes online for free.
Now they must use third party paid services like Turbo Tax.
This is 0% about inefficiency and 100% about ripping you off.
h/t Micah Erfan on Twitter
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The IRS is hiring product managers. Here's your chance to sock it to the tax prep lobby
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/815736500
#ProductManagement #CivicTech #Government #PublicInterestTech #IRS #DirectFIle
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The IRS is hiring product managers. Here's your chance to sock it to the tax prep lobby
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/815736500
#ProductManagement #CivicTech #Government #PublicInterestTech #IRS #DirectFIle
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More #NJ #NewJersey news: the state joins IRS Direct File!
"More than 1.3 million New Jerseyans will be eligible to use the free online filing tool during the next Filing Season."
https://nj.gov/governor/news/news/562024/approved/20240724a.shtml
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More #NJ #NewJersey news: the state joins IRS Direct File!
"More than 1.3 million New Jerseyans will be eligible to use the free online filing tool during the next Filing Season."
https://nj.gov/governor/news/news/562024/approved/20240724a.shtml