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  1. I work for my local United Way. Local United Ways provide VITA services in many places, but VITA is not exclusively a United Way program, so if you're looking for VITA services in your area, check your local United Way's website or use the IRS's official VITA site locator (The IRS page is updated February–April, so it won't display any results right now, but check back next year). #VITA #Taxes #IncomeTax #TaxPrep #UnitedWay #UnitedIsTheWay

  2. I work for my local United Way. Local United Ways provide VITA services in many places, but VITA is not exclusively a United Way program, so if you're looking for VITA services in your area, check your local United Way's website or use the IRS's official VITA site locator (The IRS page is updated February–April, so it won't display any results right now, but check back next year). #VITA #Taxes #IncomeTax #TaxPrep #UnitedWay #UnitedIsTheWay

  3. I work for my local United Way. Local United Ways provide VITA services in many places, but VITA is not exclusively a United Way program, so if you're looking for VITA services in your area, check your local United Way's website or use the IRS's official VITA site locator (The IRS page is updated February–April, so it won't display any results right now, but check back next year). #VITA #Taxes #IncomeTax #TaxPrep #UnitedWay #UnitedIsTheWay

  4. RE: tech.lgbt/@TheADHDM/1156055442

    If you are unfamiliar with #VITA, you should absolutely give it a look come tax time in the new year. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program offers completely free income tax preparation services to anyone making $67,000 or less per year.

    And, insider tip, the rule is actually that the average for all of the returns prepared by a particular VITA program needs to be below the threshold. That means that if your local VITA prepares a lot of returns for people who make below the threshold (as does the one I am associated with), they can probably help you even if you make well over $67,000!

    #Taxes #IncomeTax #TaxPrep

  5. @arstechnica

    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.

    #idiocracy #taxprep

  6. @anirvan

    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.

    #idiocracy #taxprep

  7. TIL if you make less than $67k, and want tax preparation assistance, there are volunteers in your community through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

    irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/j

    #TaxPrep

  8. CW: Long thread/7

    The #crypto bubble relied heavily on this: think of #SpikeLee and others shilling for pump-and-dump scams as a way of "building Black wealth":

    nytimes.com/2021/07/07/busines

    More recently, #Intuit and other scammy #TaxPrep services have argued against the #IRS's plan to offer free tax preparation as bad for Black and brown people, because it will deny them the chance to be deceived and ripped off with #TurboTax:

    pluralistic.net/2023/09/27/pre

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  9. > @ProPublica 🔗 newsie.social/users/ProPublica
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    Parent Company's Latest Argument Against Free Tax Filing: It Will Harm Taxpayers
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    Articles published around the country repeat Intuit’s assertion — sometimes almost word for word — that the upcoming pilot program would hurt Black Americans.

    A researcher whose work is cited by says the company is misstating her findings.

    propublica.org/article/turbota

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  10. #TurboTax Parent Company's Latest Argument Against Free Tax Filing: It Will Harm #Black Taxpayers
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    Articles published around the country repeat Intuit’s assertion — sometimes almost word for word — that the upcoming #IRS pilot program would hurt Black Americans.

    A researcher whose work is cited by #Intuit says the company is misstating her findings.

    #Taxes #TaxPrep #News

    propublica.org/article/turbota

  11. Burn them all to the ground and salt the earth.

    Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions

    One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.

    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

    #Taxes #Fraud #Privacy #Incompetence #Meta #Facebook #Google #TaxPrep

  12. Tax prep sites gave millions of taxpayers’ info to #Facebook and #Google

    A new congressional report, following reporting by a tech news outlet, finds three tax sites were sharing personal user data
    #privacy #taxprep

    washingtonpost.com/business/20

  13. We really need this. The quotes from the tax preparers and their millions in bribes/lobbying are just pathetic.

    IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants

    The prototype program developed by the federal government could be available for a small group of taxpayers by January

    washingtonpost.com/business/20

    #IRS #Taxes #TaxPrep #TurboTax #Intuit

  14. PSA for Americans: you don't need to pay someone to file your taxes if you don't want to. The the #IRS provides a free option to prepare and file your taxes.

    I've never once paid to file my taxes (and when I've lived in states that try to steer me toward private tax prep services, I mail in paper forms out of spite)
    irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-yo #tax #taxprep

  15. “Many Americans believe that adopting this process here is either impossible, immoral, or both.”

    I think it applies to way more than just #TaxPrep.

  16. Every year, Americans spend billions on #TaxPrep services, paying a heavily concentrated industry of giant, wildly profitable firms to send the #IRS information it already has. Despite the fact that most other rich countries have a far more efficient process, many Americans believe that adopting this process here is either impossible, immoral, or both.

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  17. When tax season comes around, all the for-profit tax prep companies will start bombarding you with the "save this or that by having us prep your taxes" crap. But if your taxes are relatively simple, you can get your taxes prepped FREE via CashApp. I did mine that way last year, and I'm doing it again this year. Tax prep should ALWAYS be free.

    #taxes #taxprep #freetaxprep #cashapp

  18. Tax preparation, Haunted style: the annual inventory review means playing with finger puppets... I MEAN COUNTING. Obviously I was just counting 😂

    #taxprep #inventory #Folkmanis