IRS' DirectFile hasn't matured yet to the point of accepting health insurance and retirement data; it could only process basic W-2's. At least they made a good effort in it, will try again next year.
Providing a free service to make Americans' lives easier is not part of the business plan for the current administration. Scott Bessent only committed to keeping it available for the current tax season during his Treasury Secretary confirmation hearings.
- What DOGE (allegedly) did, the GSA's + 18F's role in DirectFile, who is Scott Bessent: https://x.com/i/grok/share/HPCbOS8C5MCC7Uvwok2bg6uIk
- It `felt` like an attack but I couldn't articulate it: https://chatgpt.com/share/67f47c39-1e98-8003-a072-2c083fbe9b...
For instance, it responded: "it tries to delegitimize the IRS program by associating it with political actors assumed to have bad motives."
Scott Bessent is inherently associated with the IRS and its programs in his official capacity. If he has bad motives, I didn't say it.
- Has there ever been an instance quoted anywhere that said: "In this house we believe that: simplistic platitudes, trite tautologies, and semantically overloaded aphorisms are poor substitutes for respectful and rational discussions about complex issues."?