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Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by ppseafield on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @01:55PM (#21923451)
More accurate: Intuit told the federal government they would absolutely offer a free e-file tax service next to their pay service, and then they used several lies and manipulative techniques so that folks could not find it or even discover its existence.
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Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by sct202 on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @02:06PM (#21923578)
Or if you do find it, you get intermodals with dark patterns upselling the paid service, and once you upgrade you can't downgrade back to the free-file version.
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Re:IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Com... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @01:26PM (#21929572)
Well, you can “downgrade”... You just have to start all over. Which IMO is absolutely atrocious.
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