Why It Will NEVER Be Free to File Your Taxes

A look inside the shadowy $12 billion tax preparation industry.

This week on 51/49, James examines how tax preparation giants like Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block have stonewalled the government's attempts to make tax filing free and easy for Americans, including massive lobbying efforts and use of shady customer tricks, to create a multi-billion dollar industry.

0:00 TurboTax's Misleading "Free" Tax Filing Ads
4:12 How Intuit Rigged the Tax Preparation Market
10:06 The Future of Tax Prep

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free by by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free

IRS Free File: Do your Taxes for Free
https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free

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