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Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectFile</span></a> program has saved <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> millions of dollars and made filing quick &amp; convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes. </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxprep</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@anirvan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anirvan</span></a></span> </p><p>Buried in this article is the plan to eliminate the <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DirectFile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectFile</span></a> program which has saved <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> millions of dollars and made filing quick &amp; convenient. Losing the program at this point would be a travesty. <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> taxpayers need to be liberated from the predations of incompetent tax prep companies. Tax prep charges too much and makes too many mistakes. </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/taxprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxprep</span></a></p>
Alex  🔧🔮🌎🪿:honk:<p>TIL if you make less than $67k, and want tax preparation assistance, there are volunteers in your community through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. </p><p><a href="https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/jsp/vita.jsp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/j</span><span class="invisible">sp/vita.jsp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaxPrep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPrep</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a>’s longstanding tech columnist condemns the broadcaster’s cozy relationship with Facebook <a href="https://memex.craphound.com/2018/11/22/cbcs-longstanding-tech-columnist-condemns-the-broadcasters-cozy-relationship-with-facebook/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">memex.craphound.com/2018/11/22</span><span class="invisible">/cbcs-longstanding-tech-columnist-condemns-the-broadcasters-cozy-relationship-with-facebook/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> Let’s get artists paid by making <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> pay them, not by creating EU copyright filters <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/article-13-if-you-want-force-google-pay-artists-more-force-google-pay-artists-more" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle-13-if-you-want-force-google-pay-artists-more-force-google-pay-artists-more</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/1yrago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1yrago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/TaxPrep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPrep</span></a> services send sensitive financial info to Facebook <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/22/free-file-now/#still-the-product" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2022/11/22/fre</span><span class="invisible">e-file-now/#still-the-product</span></a></p><p>6/</p>
B. A. Balackus<p>Curious how well this works🤔</p><p>Getting Started | UsTaxes.org<br><a href="https://ustaxes.org/start" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ustaxes.org/start</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ustaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ustaxes</span></a>/UsTaxes: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> filing web application<br><a href="https://github.com/ustaxes/UsTaxes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/ustaxes/UsTaxes</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/USTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTax</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TaxSeason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxSeason</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TaxPrep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPrep</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p>The <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> bubble relied heavily on this: think of <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SpikeLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpikeLee</span></a> and others shilling for pump-and-dump scams as a way of "building Black wealth":</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/business/media/cryptocurrency-seeks-the-spotlight-with-spike-lees-help.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2021/07/07/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/cryptocurrency-seeks-the-spotlight-with-spike-lees-help.html</span></a></p><p>More recently, <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Intuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intuit</span></a> and other scammy <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/TaxPrep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPrep</span></a> services have argued against the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>'s plan to offer free tax preparation as bad for Black and brown people, because it will deny them the chance to be deceived and ripped off with <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/TurboTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurboTax</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/27/predatory-inclusion/#equal-opportunity-scammers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2023/09/27/pre</span><span class="invisible">datory-inclusion/#equal-opportunity-scammers</span></a></p><p>7/</p>