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John,
Each year, millions of Americans spend hours of our time filing our taxes. It doesn’t need to be so complicated.
Instead of all the scrambling, calculating, and late nights, the IRS could simply send you a pre-filled tax form based on information they already have. And now, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Brad Sherman are introducing a new bill to simplify our tax filing system and make it FREE!
Here’s the catch: They need our help to get it passed by Congress.
Will you write to your senators and representative right now and urge them to become original co-sponsors of the Tax Filing Simplification Act today?
Instead of spending our time and money on filing our taxes each year, the IRS could make tax filing free and easy. They just need the resources to do it.
Thank you for taking action today.
Sarah Christopherson
Legislative and Policy Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
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John,
Elizabeth Warren is introducing a new bill this month and she needs our help.
Each year, the average American spends $200 and 11 hours of our own time filing our taxes through paid tax filing services.[1] As a result, tax filing has become a billion-dollar industry.
While the IRS is legally allowed to provide no-fee filing options, they don’t. This is because companies like Intuit and H&R Block have spent millions of dollars lobbying the government to effectively block the IRS from providing a free tax filing program.
Now, Senator Warren and Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA) are preparing to introduce the Tax Filing Simplification Act, which would allow the IRS to simply send you a pre-filled tax form based on information they already have. You’d confirm the information and send it back. It’s that easy!
Before they introduce their bills they want to get a solid group of cosponsors on the legislation. They’ve asked for our help.
Last week, when we asked, nearly 14,000 of you from across the country became grassroots co-sponsors of Warren’s new bill. Now we need to take our campaign to the next level and write directly to members of Congress, urging them to sign-on.
Write to your senators and representative today and urge them to become original co-sponsors of Elizabeth Warren’s and Brad Sherman’s new Tax Filing Simplification Act!
Their new bill would greatly simplify the tax filing system, reduce our reliance on paid tax preparers, and increase access to critical benefits like the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, which many people don’t realize they qualify for.
Free filing has already been implemented in most other countries in the world. But, because corporations like Intuit and H&R Block have brokered a deal with the IRS that’s good for them and lousy for us, they’ve effectively blocked implementation of a free filing system that would benefit working families.
Click here to write to your members of Congress and urge them to sign-on to Elizabeth Warren’s and Brad Sherman’s new bill today!
Together, we’re demanding Congress put the needs of working people ahead of the greedy corporations.
Thank you,
Frank Clemente
Executive Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund
[1] "1040 (and 1040-SR) Instructions, Tax Year 2021," Internal Revenue Service
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