Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬
The #IRS #Tax Filing #Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Released as #OpenSource
#DirectFile and the IRS's #FreeFile program more broadly have been the subject of years of #lobbying efforts by financial technology giants like #Intuit, which makes #TurboTax. #DOGE also sought to kill Direct File.
About 300,000 people used it last year as part of a limited pilot program, and those who did gave it incredibly positive reviews!
https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/
https://archive.ph/U6j4b
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."

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Jun 8, 2025 at 4:47pmWeb
Show threadIjohnsonJun 8, 2025
@BenjaminHCCarr A large part of my distrust on a free gov file offering is I don' trust them to find savings. We always have been able to file free taxes, albeit on paper. It's a giant hassle to check for all new programs/retired policies. I cannot imagine the government offering would be geared to find me savings. And if anything goes wrong on the Fed side, who do i call? where is their tech support? no thanks.