DOGE Stopped Free Tax Filing For Americans

Trump and Musk’s boosted tax preparer profits by ending the team working on a free tax filing solution.

Our Analysis

Because tax filing is made to be complicated, most Americans have to pay somebody to file their taxes, creating huge profits for companies like Intuit (TurboTax).

The IRS was working on a competing solution that would allow us to file our taxes for free.

DOGE fired the 18F team, responsible for creating this free filing solution, along with login.gov, weather.gov, and other key, functional websites that serve the public.

By doing this, Trump and Elon Musk are boosting the profits of companies like Intuit by forcing Americans to pay more and use them instead of a free solution available to all.

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Both sides aren't the same:

What the "other side" did

President Biden and Democrats via the Inflation Reduction Act created a free tax filing service for Americans to fight back against expensive tax preparers that most Americans have to pay every year to file their taxes.

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