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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by Griffinsauce on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:49AM (#30851586)
This is literally how it works here in the Netherlands.

Every year I get a reminder, log into an app with my government ID, click "next" a few times while checking the numbers and submit. It literally takes 2 minutes if you don't have anything to adjust.

does the US have a thing like DigiD?

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Re:FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing ... by masklinn on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @01:42AM (#30851820)
> does the US have a thing like DigiD?

Gods no, can you imagine the US having a national, universal, secure digital ID?

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