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Joe OrtizNot surprised that Intuit, owner of TurboTax lobbied so hard in the past year plus to kill it and I'm sure they'll kill Free File when they have the chance.<a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/directfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#directfile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/freefile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freefile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a>

Bohemian Peasant<a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@arstechnica</a> The <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> program has saved <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxpayers</a> millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxprep</a>

Joe OrtizSo Direct File is basically dead, and I won't be surprised if Free File follows suit. Huge win for Intuit, H&R Block, the rich and powerful and a huge loss for everyone else.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/directfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#directfile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/freefile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freefile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a>

Michael KohlmanRIP for another terrific (and free) Public Service solution initially developed by 18F.Sadly this was 100% completely expected:<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IRSDirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRSDirectFile</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-tax-returns-free-trump-4bb0bca02fab9b3d06ae6f45ac67b7ab</a>

Free Software FoundationYou shouldn't have to sacrifice your freedom to file your <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> electronically: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/46g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://u.fsf.org/46g</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSF</a>

Bohemian Peasant<a href="https://mastodon.social/@anirvan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@anirvan</a> Buried in this article is the plan to eliminate the <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> program which has saved <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxpayers</a> millions of dollars and made filing quick & convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxprep</a>

Free Software FoundationThe <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> program should be free as in freedom: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/46g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://u.fsf.org/46g</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/UserFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UserFreedom</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSF</a>

Nonilex…Among the marquee websites that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/18F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18F</a> employees helped build or revamp are the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a>’s free tax filing service known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectFile</a> & the National Weather Service’s page, weather.gov.But since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> returned to the Oval Office, 18F has also been targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaire</a> whom Trump tasked w/cutting back the government. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> wrote last month in a post on his social media platform, X, that “that group has been deleted.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

Good grief, it's you<a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2385" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2385</a>🥳<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/directfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#directfile</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/irs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#irs</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/incometax" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#incometax</a>

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