The US Congress will soon officially ban the IRS from offering its own tax filing service, according to reporting by ProPublica, a non-profit news agency. Probably. Advocates of a free, government-sponsored tax filing service have long argued that the current system doesn’t do justice to the millions of taxpayers making under $66,000 per year who actually shouldn’t be paying anything to file their taxes. Tax Prep Industry Victory Seems Inevitable According to a representative of the Free File Alliance, speaking to ProPublica, disallowing the IRS to create a free tax filing service will be great for everyone. Only about 3%
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