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Summary
Elon Musk claimed on X that he eliminated the IRS team responsible for the “Direct File” program, which allows Americans to file taxes online for free.
His statement was in response to a right-wing MAGA influencer who called the “direct file” tax program a “far-left government-wide computer office” built by Elizabeth Warren.
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I already got my direct file in and it says I should get the return soon so uh, here’s hoping
OpenSecrets, 02/06/2024 - “TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying blitz amid threats to tax prep industry”
This is the great sell-off of America. Anyone who knows what happened to Russia over the course of the 2000s know what’s coming is not good.
This is just what the redhats voted for in order to lower the price of eggs.
Avoiding specifics on what he is doing, what the hell is he doing to deserve his compensation at Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter? He’s too busy in DC.
I think most everyone suspected this, but being a CEO is a part-time job.
The elites long told us they were the hardest-working Americans.
Don’t forget neuralink and boring.
It’s so nice for Musk to think of the TurboTax and HR Block shareholders.
/s
Wait, y’all have to pay to file taxes?
How it works is people calculate what they owe minus their deductions with aditional forms to account for situations that apply to them and then submit the necessary forms but a very large majority of the USA couldnt even be bothered to vote against Trump so clearly they’re too stupid to do their taxes. They file separately for state and federal but the forms are roughly all the same.
People pay to have somebody else do it for them or have a program which goes over things in very simple terms.
All of this despite the federal already knowing what you owe and how much you paid.
A handful of states had a system that allowed people to use a free online simplified process, but not all, as it was still being tested.
In theory, no. In practice, yes, since a lot of people go to places like H&R or buy tax software to do it.
This online version, as I understand it, was a great way for people that had relatively simple taxes to do it without too much hassle.
But assholes like fElon cannot STAND the threat of a good example of government and something that benefits people they deem unworthy. That’s why these dickheads went after the consumer protection bureau, too.
Give leon a break here, he doesn’t pay taxes.
Yes, the state always serves capital not people.
Who the fuck do these people think they are. Unelected, unsanctioned, no transparency, no procedure, no committees, no votes, no oversight, no laws. Just the whims of a tech billionaire and his cronies and a President who has given him the run of Washington to rip up what he pleases. If there is any justice, both of these fucks will be dealt with harshly.
If there is any justice, both of these fucks will be dealt with harshly.
I mean, if the past four years of waiting on consequences for Trump is any indication…
“unelected”
They kinda were though, Trump didn’t hide the fact that that’s what he wanted to do and that’s what people voted for.
Disagree. They may have voted for, among other things, Elon to be put in a position to review spending and attempt to shore it up. They did not vote for him to be given free reign over all of the basic structures of government to fire, dismantle and shut down as he saw fit. And even if they did, fuck those morons.
Kings. They think they’re kings.
They are kings. No one is going to stop them
literally look into peter thiel’s whole belief system
Government overreach? They’re the tax people.
And now the government wants to privatize as much of the governments functions as possible. So in their view the government providing a service that private companies can provide is overreach.
P.S. freetaxusa.com Free federal filing and cheap state filing. Best I’ve filed online with after taxact became a shitshow.
I think we might finally have a common demand that we can all agree on. Deport illegal immigrant Elon Musk and confiscate his ill gotten wealth. General strike time?
General Strike doesn’t appear to have any real benefit to us?
The government should do your taxes for you. We will never have nice things, huh?
Not until H&R Block stops lobbying for things to be difficult.
Intuit (TurboTax) is the main culprit here, but yes.
Don’t file taxes then
In theory, that could be the goal. Cripple the government by choking revenue.
In practice, this is not what most people use to file taxes, particularly those who pay substantial amounts. More importantly, those taxes are mostly paid through paycheck withholdings. Most people get tax refunds by filing, or if they came up short through the year they only pay a small amount through this system.
Damn, I used it last year and it was great
Read the summary.
Just a thought that this brings up. If you are in the USA and you procrastinate on filing your tax return until the last minute, don’t do that this year. Get the return done and filed as soon as you can. We all know is not the fastest system to get a tax return (which many get and depend on), but with musk and trump dismantling the government before our eyes, some or all of those system may be dismantled or collateral damage. This means you may not get you return until much much later than you expect (and need). Getting your taxes filed early gives us the best chance to still get our return processed before this part of government stops functioning as it does today.
Nah, I think its time to collectively refuse to pay taxes. What’s the point in paying taxes to a fascist intent on destroying the country and selling it for parts. They no longer represent the people, more now than ever before.
Nah, I think its time to collectively refuse to pay taxes.
Lots of us are owed money by the government. If we refuse to file the return, that helps the government.
Conversely, if you owe, stall stall stall, file for an extension and stall some more. (This is not tax advice, make sure there are no penalties etc etc.)
Did mine the same day i got my w2. Takes like 30 minutes using freetaxusa
Why would you want your taxes done early? That makes absolutely no sense.
If you expect a refund, you have been doing your taxes wrong. Stop taking exemptions. You always want to owe under $1,000. Refund money is free money you lent the government that pays 0%.
If you owe money, you have even less reason to pay taxes early.
Why would you want your taxes done early? That makes absolutely no sense.
I just explained why it made sense. I want my money back before the government functions suffer from Musk and trump.
If you expect a refund, you have been doing your taxes wrong. Stop taking exemptions. You always want to owe under $1,000. Refund money is free money you lent the government that pays 0%.
Listen, I know you’ve got a tiny bit of conventional wisdom and need to share it, but understand that one-size-fits-all doesn’t actually fit-all. When you don’t consider things like this, you come off as not only wrong but arrogant because you’are so confident in your wrongness you’re prescribing action when you don’t even know the situation.
I am getting a refund because I installed solar panels on my house and there are tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act that give me money back as in the form of credits against the tax I owe.
That you are getting solar tax credits doesn’t change that you could have and should in the future adjust your withholdings. You knew you were going to get money back months ago but didn’t change your withholdings.
I don’t even know what adjust your withholdings mean. America purposely keeps us stupid. Never have I been offered tax schooling or any thing once.
You knew you were going to get money back months ago but didn’t change your withholdings.
Yes but how much? Was the project sure to have gone forward? Would there have been overruns? Have you not done project management before? Do you think its realistic to have perfect budgetary projections a year before even talking to a vendor?
Lol WHAT
That sounds amazing. I wish we had that in Canada.
We do.
Everyone under a certain income threshhold can file for free. Every tax app or service must have a free option.
I do mine every year using ufile.ca for free because poor.
Oh cool. I’ve been using service credit union for free ones but I think that’s used up. Also I own a business now so I have to go through and accountant now.
Sounds like Leon owns some tax-filing app shares.
