News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying blitz.

Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by 2Gkashmiri on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:05AM (#39333919)
In India, govt has provided free incometax and indirect taxes return filing.

Its free.

Then you have companies selling 2 things.

1. Automation, bulk processing, storage, analysis for professional users to file hundreds of returns.

2. Ease of use, PDF processing, manual and electronic preparation of reruns data for end users. Paid service.

Both are complementary to govt provided filing and often require steps that need it.

India famously spent 5 billion dollars to build their indirect taxes portal.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by leosanchez on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:10AM (#39333947)
> India famously spent 5 billion dollars to build their indirect taxes portal.

5 Billion dollars or rupees ? And also did they outsource to Infosys / TCS ? Got any source, so that I can dig into it ?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by 2Gkashmiri on Sunday February 11, 2024 @06:35AM (#39334322)
https://www.livemint.com/Companies/RZRas6WPQ1jevNg8C0YWdK/In...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying b... by leosanchez on Sunday February 11, 2024 @08:42AM (#39334922)
Your source says ₹ 1,380 crore which is definitely not 5 billion dollars
[ Parent | on HN ]