The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program. That's the electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free.

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.

The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast and economical. But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax preparation companies complained it was a waste of taxpayer money because free filing programs already exist, although they are hard to use.

The program had been in limbo since the start of the Trump administration as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have slashed their way through the federal government. Musk posted in February on his social media site, X, that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as Direct File.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    52·
    3 days ago

    It wasn’t all working Americans. It was

    Americans with income below a certain threshold — $75,000 for individuals, $112,500 for heads of household and $150,000 for couples filing jointly

    And it was 1200 to start, higher for certain circumnstances, and it was because the fucker fucked up the handling of a global pandemic and everything went to complete shit immediately, threatening to blow up the global economy that way.

    Also the toxic narcissist had to put his name on the checks because he’s a goddamned fucking idiot asshole whose father never loved him.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
      26·
      3 days ago

      the fucker fucked up the handling of a global pandemic that he helped create by eliminating a response team developed by the past two Presidents

      FTFY

      • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        All thanks to the dedicated work of the folks in the Office of Obvious Preventable Situations (OOPS for short or OoOPS on their official letterhead).