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Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by paulcole on Monday August 13, 2018 @02:42PM (#17752504)
> Inuit and Quicken subsequently lobbied to end those programs and even bar the IRS from running similar programs...

Is this true or an urban legend?

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by devhead on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:50PM (#17753045)
It is true.

This is one of the reasons i provide to Intuit recruiters when they try and get me to interview for them. I am not working for the company actively working against my best interests.

We in the tech community don't always have the luxury to work for a company who we absolutely love and respect, but I draw the line when it comes to companies that actively engage in this type of concerted effort against citizens.

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by kalleboo on Monday August 13, 2018 @02:45PM (#17752523)
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by paulcole on Monday August 13, 2018 @04:16PM (#17753255)
How do you tell which bills were targeted with their lobbying dollars?

In 2016 Intuit's revenue was something like $4.7 billion. And they spent $2 million lobbying against bills that threaten the fundamental nature of their business?

That seems absurdly low to me.

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by kalleboo on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @12:06AM (#17755523)
> How do you tell which bills were targeted with their lobbying dollars?

It looks like this information is published by the senate under the "Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995"

https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&...

opensecrets.org has a more easily-browsed index linking to the senate reports: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/lobby.php?id=D000022016

Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by nimish on Monday August 13, 2018 @09:30PM (#17754952)
It turns out buying votes in Congress is actually quite cheap.
Re:Would You Let the I.R.S. Prepare Your Taxes? (2015) by ben_w on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:05PM (#17753966)
Why overspend if you don’t need to?