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Why should we have to use a vendor at all?? (none / 0) (#7)
by MrsPost on Thu May 01, 2008 at 11:23:57 AM PDT

The IRS lets folks under a certain income e-file with them for free. Everyone else has to go through a vendor. There's some ridiculous line in their explanation about not wanting to compete with third parties.

Excuse me? When did filing our taxes become something that should require a third party?

Yes, I know. Paper returns are free. But how long until that's no longer the case? The list of 'approved vendors' seems split into two:

  • Completely untrustworthy
  • Competely unknown and therefore untrustworthy

    • And one of those little tidbits. You can deduct the cost of having your taxes prepared from your taxes due. So essentially the federal government (our money) is paying these people!

    I used TaxAct because my accountant neighbor recommended it. It matched my paper return completely. But it still needed a 'processing fee' to do the direct deposit.

    Time to write our congresscritters and see why we can't e-file directly.



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