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Re:IRS builds task force to explore running its own free e-f... by ollien on Sunday February 12, 2023 @01:20PM (#34765238)
This is called return-free filing and has had bipartisan support for a long time

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-f...

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Re:IRS builds task force to explore running its own free e-f... by clumsysmurf on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:24PM (#34766499)
> and has had bipartisan support for a long time

Not really ... Americans for Tax Reform (Grover Norquist) .. a very influential conservative group, opposes this because they want people to associate taxes with pain. If its easier to do, its less pain.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax...

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Re:IRS builds task force to explore running its own free e-f... by ollien on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:48PM (#34766772)
Sorry, I don't mean to imply it's universally supported, but there is support on both sides of the aisle. But the article you linked does indeed say it has had bipartisan support :)

> When Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Dan Coats, R-Ind., introduced a bipartisan tax reform bill in 2011 that included a return-free plan called "Easyfile," Norquist blasted it.

If it were universally supported, this wouldn't have happened

https://www.propublica.org/article/congress-is-about-to-ban-...

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