Tax prep companies: $90M lobbying against free tax-filing
For my own one-man electrical shop, I have used a private tax preparer – IN PERSON without a computer – to prepare US-state-level business taxes.<p>Earlier this year, I used ChatGPT to help me file my Federal 2022 taxes, so I credited this $20/month service under the 1040's "Paid Preparer Information."<p>Discussing this submission with my tax preparer had her mortified about career decisions (middle-aged female, began own taxshop a decade prior).<p>I don't know where worlds are heading, but she was honest about "how standard/easy" the majority of tax-filings are. In my own case, I pay for her services on business taxes because the entire tax system IS DESIGNED TO BE DIFFICULT for Average Joe Consumer.<p>I can afford to not play tax games, can you?