makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social

21 days ago

SCOOP: DOGE moved to kill Direct File, the IRS's popular free tax filing tool, days after meeting with private tax filing software lobbyists. www.wired.com/story/doge-d...

DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists

A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.

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Donna West @realdonnawest.bsky.social

21 days ago

A lot of people can’t afford to buy Tax software, fee to efile state, or hire a company to process their taxes. And, the IRS free tax filing tool only benefited a small portion of filers that had very simple returns. This just a continuation of this admin’s cruelty.

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Peter Shulman (the least illustrious one) @petershulman.bsky.social
21 days ago

140K last year, we probably won’t get the numbers from this year, but they’re surely over a quarter of 1 million, and it would grow quite a bit.

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