Would you support the government just doing the taxes for people and sending the refunds?
At the end of the day, you have
Many countries in the world do that.
Yeah, but you have to change the tax system.
Intuit’s CEO got in a heated exchange with The Verge over its lobbying practices.Bloomberg / Getty
Its not about software.
Lobby for the government changing the tax system?
I have more important things to do than to lobby the government to send a tax bill.
But you have lobbied against that.
Thats what Im saying.
That reporting is clear.
Youve lobbied against… Intuit, it is not you.
Intuit has lobbied against that very specifically.
Well, I am Intuit, right?
And so its okay to put me and Intuit in the same verse.
We have very much focused on simplifying taxes.
Thats what we lobbied for: simplify the tax code.
Thats simply what weve lobbied for.
After that, the IRS basically threw up its hands and decided to make its own software.
Intuit has been strongly opposed to the IRS making its own software for free tax filing.
For now, the software is limited to lower-income Americans who do not have complicated taxes.
The software thats already completely free of charge today is, of course, TurboTax.
But Intuit is not a charitable organization, theres a reason it offers free tax filing to some Americans.
Anyone whos worked a regular 9-5 job understands that the IRS knows how much you make anyway.
Just automate it already.
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