In a post on X, unelected government official Elon Musk revealed that he has cut the staff of the Internal Revenue Service that oversaw the system that allows Americans to file their taxes for free easily on its website.A right-wing MAGA influencer called the "direct file" tax program a "far left go...

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.

Thus far, the website remains active.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      14 hours ago

      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.

    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 hours ago

      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.