Re:How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing ...
by m463 on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:40PM
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You know, there was one line in there that gave me pause:
> Intuit argues that allowing the IRS to act as a tax preparer could result in taxpayers paying more money.
Self-serving Intuit aside, I can't help but think this would be true.
It would just continue what was started with automatic withholding, where the general population is psychologically disconnected with how much they actually pay in taxes.
They got used to not having their money and being able to beg some of it back makes them happy when they get some.
Too bad people thought Ron Paul was crazy when he talked about abolishing personal income ta.
> Intuit argues that allowing the IRS to act as a tax preparer could result in taxpayers paying more money.
Self-serving Intuit aside, I can't help but think this would be true.
It would just continue what was started with automatic withholding, where the general population is psychologically disconnected with how much they actually pay in taxes.
They got used to not having their money and being able to beg some of it back makes them happy when they get some.
Too bad people thought Ron Paul was crazy when he talked about abolishing personal income ta.