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In contrast, private-sector tax preparers provided more than 25 million free federal tax returns to taxpayers last year. Direct File is confusing and unwieldly. Wall Street Journal – “It can be a winding road through all the questions and screens, partly because the government needs legalese to cover all possible situations, such as whether you…
Although millions of Americans already have access to — and use — free tax filing programs, the IRS is piloting its own platform, Direct File. The new program is only open to a small percentage of Americans and will leave people confused about their eligibility while creating a clear conflict of interest for the IRS….
The American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights today released the following statement about IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel’s Testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee: “Today’s hearing underscored that IRS’s Direct File “pilot” is a costly solution to a non-existent problem. Millions of Americans already can — and do — file their taxes for free through…
BY TONY SCOTT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – 10/13/23 12:30 PM ET As a former chief information officer for the Obama administration, and former CIO for Microsoft, The Walt Disney Co. and VMware, I’ve learned a few things over the past four decades about early indicators of a technology project’s chances of success or failure. Based on what I have seen…
by Erin Slowey Two states have explicitly said they’ll take part in an IRS-run free online tax filing tool pilot program that’s expected to kick off in time for the 2024 filing season, even though a report this week said the pilot won’t immediately support state tax return filing. California and Washington—which doesn’t have a…
The American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights (ACTR) was formed in 2011 by the nation’s leading retail tax preparation and tax software companies and financial institutions, which collectively prepare and file more than 120 million of the 160 million federal tax returns annually. ACTR advocates for taxpayer rights and strengthens America’s voluntary tax compliance system.
