In Sweden we have return-free filing. I get a pre-filled form, check that it looks right, then send a text message to approve it. If I’ve been selling stock I may need to do some extra work to let the government know how much I earned, but I can easily fill that in on the web page. I just need to tell them how much I bought the stock for.
This Is How We Finally Kill Turbotax
Submitted 1 year ago by spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone to videos@lemmy.world
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tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s almost like that’s how it should work.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
but then how do middlemen leech off the system and rich people pay them to exploit loopholes?
darkknight@discuss.online 1 year ago
US Tax filing has been free for a few years if you know where to look. myfreetaxes.com is a good one with no income restrictions.
Treczoks@kbin.social 1 year ago
In my country, we could do tax for free, but we still invest €5 every year into a commercial program, because it has such a wonderful and helpful documentation.
spriteblood@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'll take €5 over the ~$200 they tried to charge me last time I used them
ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 1 year ago
Wiso?!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Huh. I thought the irs had a free efile webpage for a long time but what would I know
oohgodyeah@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My take from the video is that unless we as consumers can lobby the millions of dollar Intuit does, how exactly are we supposed to stop them? The IRS needs to step up and protect its citizens from Intuit, H&R Block, and all the other paid tax software companies.