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Free online tax filing? Yeah, that'll soon be illegal thanks to rare US Congressional unity

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Re: I tried these services for the first time last week...

"they do retrieve W-2 info automatically from (presumably) the IRS after you do some identification/authentication. A little unnerving, but convenient."

TurboTax, et al., retrieve W-2 and 1099s from payroll processors, such as ADP, and financial services providers, such as Schwab, E-Trade, and others.

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