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I would be interested to see a comparison of people using TurboTax v. the IRS software. With TurboTax you pay a B.S premium up front, but at least you know they have some incentive to find refunds for you as much as is possible

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> at least you know they have some incentive to find refunds for you as much as is possible

To the extent IRS leadership has political incentives, it's in making it easier for ordinary Americans to get a refund.

More importantly, it's not the 90% of tax prayers screwing over the government at tax collection time.

At least as of now, the kinds of people who get a lot of deductions can't use this software. You can't itemize at all, and only a few credits and deductions are allowed.

https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/strategic-plan/irs-direct-file...

I suspect that the IRS will never have the kind of support to go seeking out deductions. They're probably happy to leave that to Intuit.

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