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1/ Here’s how @TeamTurboTax tricks Americans into paying each year to file — even though they qualify for the fully free product.
It involves some creative wording, a hard(er) to find 2nd site and something called “dark patterns.” More on that later.
Let’s get to filing! 👇👇👇
It involves some creative wording, a hard(er) to find 2nd site and something called “dark patterns.” More on that later.
Let’s get to filing! 👇👇👇
2/ The first step: a simple google search for “IRS FREE FILE TAXES.”
The first link looks promising, doesn’t it?
It contains the word “free” five times!
*click*
The first link looks promising, doesn’t it?
It contains the word “free” five times!
*click*
3/ Next, we end up at the @TurboTax homepage. What a relief! The page says that filing will be “FREE Guaranteed.”
1/ Yesterday, we published a story on how Congress may be about to ban the government from offering free online tax filing for all.
In response, folks around the world took the opportunity to brag about how much easier they have it.
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In response, folks around the world took the opportunity to brag about how much easier they have it.
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2/ Take Japan for example, where most employees don’t even have to file a tax return.
So, here are all the other places it’s likely cheaper (and easier) to file your taxes:
So, here are all the other places it’s likely cheaper (and easier) to file your taxes:
3/ (By the way, in the US you have @TurboTax @Intuit @HRBlock + others to thank for the legislation. They spent a combined $6.6 million last year lobbying on the issue.)
(Also, if you don’t see your country on this list, by all means: pile on.)
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(Also, if you don’t see your country on this list, by all means: pile on.)
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