Definition: A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need.
In this case, a digital service provided directly by the IRS, hence the name “Direct File.” In contrast, filing by paper is still supported.
Tax preparation businesses have been actively preventing the US filing process from being simplified, naturally because that’s the reason they make money.
So this Direct File thing is simply for filing your taxes online? Because we have a thing like that too (doesn’t every “civilised” country?). And that’s what they want to abolish? US lobbyists are something else, man.
Definition: A system of services, opportunities, or projects, usually designed to meet a social need.
In this case, a digital service provided directly by the IRS, hence the name “Direct File.” In contrast, filing by paper is still supported. Tax preparation businesses have been actively preventing the US filing process from being simplified, naturally because that’s the reason they make money.
So this Direct File thing is simply for filing your taxes online? Because we have a thing like that too (doesn’t every “civilised” country?). And that’s what they want to abolish? US lobbyists are something else, man.
They want to be the middleman, so requirements for them to provide a free filing service are hidden and direct competition is in this case buried.