TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free

Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by jedimastert on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:27AM (#21281782)

> Can the government please make something that's easy to use?

To be frank, the government has issues making things usable, and "usable" is a pretty small target when you're talking about the entire US workforce.

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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by wffurr on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:40AM (#21281920)

18F has really changed the game in government IT and software. https://18f.gsa.gov/

They brought in a bunch of dedicated experienced software pros who among other things rescued the federal health insurance exchange site.

I think they could do a fine job with tax software.

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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by entropicdrifter on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:27AM (#21282402)

Thanks Obama

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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by isostatic on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:41AM (#21281934)

One of the best sites to 'do stuff' in the UK is gov.uk

I've just filled in a new ESTA application on the US gov site too, simple (albeit stupid), and worked.

This morning however I tried using enterprise b2b to book a hire car, it took 6 attempts before it actually worked. Almost all corporate tools seem to be terrible.

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Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Ta... by peteradio on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:44AM (#21281958)

The government has issues holding private companies accountable when they fail to deliver.

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