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The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced (www.404media.co)
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[–] Hisnitch@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

Because it’s a gift to corporations at the expense of taxpayers.

Seeing as how the free filing system was shot in the head several times for no other reason but that it directly benefits tax payers, that's not much of gift in comparison to the fact that tax payers will have to keep paying money anyway. If it's any consolation, we might get a FOSS tax filer, which is still better then the current form we got.