Is Paying to File Your Taxes a Scam? [Yahoo! Finance]
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A pril 15 is tax day, which means the dumbest tax you'll likely pay this week is the one you pay to a software company in order to file your taxes. Over the past several decades, tax preparation software companies have built a multibillion-dollar industry that's so ubiquitous, most people have forgotten to be mad about it. As a comedian who specializes in scam identification, I would argue that paying for the privilege of paying taxes is bonkers and, yep, a scam. First, you shouldn't have to file your taxes at all. And second, you certainly shouldn't have to pay a private company to complete legally mandated paperwork. Anyone who makes $84,000 or less—roughly 70% of taxpayers—is eligible to use the IRS' Free File tool . However, in 2023 just did so. Instead, hundreds of millions of Americans pay what is, essentially, a weird private sector tax. But unlike regular taxes, this money doesn't fund roads or the Coast Guard, it goes to private companies who have historically used tha
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