• @[email protected]
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    9310 months ago

    Just a heads up it’s only available for the following states:

    Arizona California Florida Massachusetts Nevada New Hampshire New York South Dakota Tennessee Texas Washington state Wyoming

    • @ohlaph
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      2310 months ago

      Yeah, bummer. I’ll have to wait I guess.

    • @kautau
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      2010 months ago

      Which is funny considering this is only for federal and not state taxes. Do they say why it’s limited to specific states?

      • Hildegarde
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        2810 months ago

        Most of the listed states do not have state level income taxes. The only exceptions are Arizona and California. The rest of the states have no state level income tax. Alaska is the only state without a state level income tax that isn’t included in this IRS scheme.

        I imagine there is a reason all but two of the chosen states lack a state level income tax.

        • @Stovetop
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          610 months ago

          Massachusetts does. Per the IRS site, the tool won’t help file it, but will lead you to another tool that does.

        • @NightAuthor
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          310 months ago

          State taxes are probably an additional complication in the calculations that hasn’t been implemented yet for all states. And for those without a state income tax not covered, probably some other state-tax-adjacent thing

      • @[email protected]
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        1510 months ago

        It’s a trial program, to work out the major kinks, issues, and problems before rolling it out further to other states.

        It’s also federal-only, meaning you still have to do your state returns. Most of the states in the trial have no state income tax, which makes it an ideal solution for taxpayers in those states.

        Expect it to expand to all 50 states in the coming years, presuming Republicans don’t somehow manage to legislate it into oblivion like usual.

        • Ricky Rigatoni
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          110 months ago

          If they have no state level income tax how do the states get money for things? Do they just tax businesses?

    • @badbytes
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      110 months ago

      Yeah, what a bummer that free federal tax returns are only offered to a few states.