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Washington, July 24, 2024 — The American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights (ACTR) today released the following statement on legislation introduced by Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, to prohibit the IRS from continuing, or developing a successor to, its misguided and unnecessary Direct File pilot program: “Rep….
Just 140,800 filed their taxes with the IRS’s Direct File program this year, while private companies provided 8.5 million free returns in the 12 states where Direct File was available alone. Despite rhetoric claiming otherwise, Americans are not interested in having the government complete their taxes. Direct File remains an expensive and unnecessary program.
Guest column submitted by U.S. Senator Mike Crapo In May, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made the mistake of converting the Direct File pilot program into a permanent, unauthorized, multibillion-dollar government detour into the tax preparation business. What is advertised by the Biden Administration and its allies as…
A new report from the American Coalition for Taxpayer Rights on the 2024 tax filing season shows the IRS Direct File program is costly, confusing and unnecessary. Read the full report: The IRS Direct File Program Misses the Mark
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…
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.
