House Republicans want to make filing taxes harder and more expensive

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A group of nearly 30 House Republicans on Tuesday urged Donald Trump to get rid of the IRS' free program to file federal taxes—a move that would make it more expensive for millions of Americans to file their taxes.

Direct File is a product of the Inflation Reduction Act, which provided money for the IRS to create a free alternative to TurboTax and other for-profit tax-preparation companies.

The program especially benefits low-income Americans who cannot afford tax preparers. And it poses a threat to tax-preparation companies, who stand to lose revenue if the IRS has its own program for Americans to use to prepare and file their annual returns.

In the letter, Republicans tried to make Direct File sound bad but actually made the program look pretty appealing.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/11/2291358/-House-Republicans-want-to-make-filing-taxes-harder-and-more-expensive

[Irish_Dem]

1. GOP will pocket the new cost for Americans to file taxes.

[CousinIT]

2. Democrats should be on the media yelling about this TODAY.

They are terrible at messaging. As in they just don’t do it. At all.

[Meowmee]

3. Direct file should stay for sure

My brother did that but with an online site that works it all out for you as you enter the data. The fed file is free state is only about $15, then you can choose to submit online or mail it.