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Re:FSF Call on the IRS to provide libre tax-filing software by jedberg on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @04:36PM (#35706415)
Taxes were complicated worldwide before Intuit came along, but then computers came along and made it possible to simplify. In the other countries they embraced computers and made it easy for the citizens. In the US Intuit embraced computers and then lobbied to keep it complicated for their profits.
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Re:FSF Call on the IRS to provide libre tax-filing software by zamalek on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @06:02PM (#35707317)
They also ran a very successful propaganda campaign, it doesn't take long for a "I don't trust the government to do my taxes" proponent to appear when discussing this (despite the fact that they don't have to).
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