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kottke.org posts about Intuit

TurboTax makers lobbying for more complex tax laws

In some countries, filing taxes is a fast and simple process. But in the U.S., it only seems to get more complex and laborious. There are a lot of reasons we haven’t reached simplicity. But as ProPublica points out, “it doesn’t help that it’s been opposed for years by the company behind the most popular consumer tax software โ€” Intuit, maker of TurboTax.”