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Re:What Intuit knows about its users by imgabe on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:33AM (#20039315)
I'm totally for it. I'm just saying it's not that easy for an average citizen to actually do anything about this. It's not like I can call 1-800-GOVERNMENT and say "Hey how about preparing my tax return for me? kthnx!" and then it will happen. It would require a massive, coordinated grassroots effort to overcome the lobbying by Intuit, H&R Block, etc.

So saying "Hey just have the government do this!" is fairly useless.

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Re:What Intuit knows about its users by OrangeMango on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @09:25AM (#20039841)
That's exactly what the IRS used to do (I used it for my after-school job in high school in the 1990s):

> The IRS may be saving money as a result of its decision to shut down its free TeleFile program for filing taxes returns by phone, but the move is costing taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a report released by the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2542655/report--shutdo...

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