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0 pointslelandfe3y ago0 comments

TurboTax and H&R Block aren't part of Free File as of 2021, so the supported software under the program are now things most Americans wouldn't recognize, either.

The problem truly is advertising, like you said. The government just cannot out-advertise companies that are doing $9 billion in revenue.

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dboreham3y ago

Of course the government could out-advertise them. It'd be like Google advertising its own products on its search engine -- the government controls all end-user tax related communications.

They just don't want to because someone bribed them to not do so.

lelandfeOP3y ago

Everyone uses Google. How many more people see TurboTax's ads vs. government "tax related communications?"

notwedtm3y ago

Every single tax payer when they get paid, or when they pay their tax bill each year.

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