Posts by crlamke

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

I don't see where this bill bans the IRS Free File Program. Seems to say the opposite.

Where in the House version of the bill is the IRS prohibited from maintaining its free filing program? Part of the bill passed by the House is below:

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1102.IRS Free File Program

(a)In general

(1)The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s delegate, shall continue to operate the IRS Free File Program as established by the Internal Revenue Service and published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 67247), including any subsequent agreements and governing rules established pursuant thereto.

(2)The IRS Free File Program shall continue to provide free commercial-type online individual income tax preparation and electronic filing services to the lowest 70 percent of taxpayers by adjusted gross income. The number of taxpayers eligible to receive such services each year shall be calculated by the Internal Revenue Service annually based on prior year aggregate taxpayer adjusted gross income data.

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Link to this text - https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr1957/text/eh#link=I_B_1102_a_1&nearest=HB2D4DD9E2F0F4B118EC024CE402CC5BB