Hi,
Giant tax prep company Intuit, which owns TurboTax, has spent years trying
to stop the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from creating a free, public,
electronic tax filing program for all Americans.^1 In fact, over the last
20 years, the tax prep industry has spent a whopping $90 million on
corporate lobbying.^2
Tax prep corporations spend all this money lobbying so they can protect
their own profits. But the IRS is making progress despite corporate
opposition.
The IRS will pilot its free electronic filing program called Direct File
in 13 states next tax season.^3 For everyday Americans, this could be a
huge breakthrough — but the IRS could be facing the tax prep industry’s
fiercest lobbying campaign yet, given how close the government is to
making TurboTax obsolete.
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Take the IRS free, public electronic tax filing program over the finish
line to every American.
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After years of what a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit called Intuit’s
misleading TurboTax advertising (and potential fraud), the tax prep
industry is continuing its disinformation campaigns. It’s in a full on
corporate PR and lobbying blitz trying to protect its profitable platform
at the expense of American taxpayers.^4
It’s simple: IRS Direct File will let the average American taxpayer hang
on to some of their hard-earned money, so that corporate executives have a
little less money for mansions and private jets.
It’s a no-brainer, and that’s why tax prep corporations are going to pull
out all the stops to thwart IRS Direct File — including disinformation and
even more lobbying.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: American taxpayers should be able to file taxes for
free!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Twitter, “Giant tax prep company Intuit
wants to stop...” [ [link removed] ]October 13, 2023.
2. The American Prospect, “Can the IRS Beat the Tax Prep Industry at Its
Own Game?” [ [link removed] ]October 20, 2023.
3. Ibid.
4. ProPublica, “TurboTax Parent Company’s Latest Argument Against Free
Tax Filing: It Will Harm Black Taxpayers,” [ [link removed] ]September 25, 2023.
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