How about instead of fining them, we just create a free tax filing website at the IRS to spite them? $141MM is just the cost of doing business, and that's ridiculous.
If you're below the threshold I think it should be similar to TurboTax & etc, while the Fillable Forms one is the same as the paper forms.
[0]: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/03/709656642/epis...
But keep playing dems vs repubs game. Many have already seen the realization that its now elitist vs MAGA. Aka elitist trying to control everyone else vs individuals trying to live their lives
It's a shame that Republicans have totally dominated California politics since ReadyReturn got vetoed. It's like Texas on the west coast.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/2002-free-online-electronic-...
Then when the rest of our electorate looks at it they say "what is this shit dept? it doesn't do anything anyway, let's find a privatized solution".
That was in fact the entire goal of gutting it. That and passing the cost onto you, the citizen in addition to the taxes paid for said defuct department that has a few well paid bureacrats sitting in there finding more ways for it to be shitty at its job.
This is an openly stated conservative talking point and goal. I first noticed it happening in earnest under GW Bush with the EPA, dept of interior, post office, and more.
Apparently, as of 2019, this is no longer the case.[0]
0. https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-reforms-free-file-pro...
You are correct that in response to the issue, the IRS cut out the sweetheart deal they'd given the industry originally.