“...The agency has allowed the tax preparation industry to write the rules.
The IRS tried to hide the documents from public view, initially withholding more than 100 pages of emails between agency officials and industry reps...” propublica.org/article/the-ir…
The IRS tried to hide the documents from public view, initially withholding more than 100 pages of emails between agency officials and industry reps...” propublica.org/article/the-ir…
“Under that program, which has long been championed by Intuit, the IRS agrees not to create its own tax filing system that would pose a threat to the industry’s profits. In exchange, Intuit and several other tax prep companies agree to offer free tax filing to most Americans.”
“The council thought the IRS wasn’t doing enuf to oversee the tax prep companies & recommended that an outside auditor conduct an “objective and transparent” review of each company’s practices. The industry proposed something far more modest, which became part of the new agrmnt.”
