IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax
In the US, we&#x27;ve had decades of (largely GOP) messaging that the government can&#x27;t do anything properly. A substantial portion of the population believes it.<p>As noted in a sibling comment, the IRS could pre-fill forms that would be correct for the vast majority of tax payers (who take the standard deduction&#x2F;don&#x27;t itemize, have a single job, and no other edge cases).  These people should not be paying TurboTax either way - the forms they need to submit are relatively straight-forward. People who do need a CPA would have to hire one regardless.  TurboTax is literally just ripping off average tax payers.