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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25117460

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 came in response to a right-wing influencer criticizing the program as government overreach.

However, the Treasury Department confirms that the Direct File system remains active, offering free tax filing with customer support.

The program, available in English and Spanish, is optional, allowing taxpayers to choose between using it or filing their taxes manually.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 11 hours ago

Nothing makes the government more efficient than cleaning house on the group responsible for bringing money into the government and which has an ROI of 5.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Man who pays someone else to do his taxes makes it harder for people who do their own taxes because he doesn't seem to understand how annoying and frustratingly difficult it is to file in USA

[–] floofloof 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

He thinks people with less money than him are inferior people, morally, intellectually and socially. If there's anything he's unaware of it's what a pathetic little man he is, and how billions of dollars can't fix that. But deep down I suspect he knows it.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 hours ago

He understands. His cronies make big bank from paid services.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

Stop thinking that these people are stupid and don't understand what they're doing. They know exactly what they are doing.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (12 children)

In Denmark We've had easy tax filing on the Internet for more than a decade, and before that it was also extremely easy, as we got a form with all the usual data filled out, and we only had to send in if we had changes. I haven't done my taxes for 30 years!!!
Except when we bought a house we've had a few tax deductions on energy saving changes, which took 2 minutes to enter.

Every piece of standard information is collected automatically, like wages, bank info, stock profits, real estate taxes, and the rest if you have anything additional is super easy to fill out. The old paper tax return form is AFAIK completely abandoned since more than a decade ago.

USA under Trump with Elron Musk making it even worse is what we would call working like monkeys in a cage. If they really end this program, it makes it more difficult to do your taxes, AND cost tax payers MORE!!

[–] [email protected] 56 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Thanks, we know the rest of the modern world has it better in literally every way literally everywhere else. Can someone just like invade and save us please?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

Unfortunately USA is extremely good at violence, probably the best in the world, so I guess you'll just have to fight it out amongst yourselves. But I wish all the best to all the reasonable Americans, that still believe in decency and democracy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is most accurate and depressing assessment of the United States I have ever read.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, you've spent 75 years arming your own government to the point of making this impossible. In the name of "security". Do you feel secure yet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Imagine calling it a “Defense” budget and going to invade the Middle East, on the near opposite side of the world, twice in 3 years.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

That's fine. I wasn't planning to pay taxes to a fascist government anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I read the tweet. He is either referring to the people who are no longer there as being gone, or he is referring to the software, which is still here, as being gone. It seems clear he is referring to the people who are no longer there as being gone.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 12 hours ago

More fluff and smoke to generate outrage. Get that unelected creep out of our government.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions

Read the instructions, download what you need, print it out, fill it out, and mail it in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

Even better, use the free fillable forms. You can fill them out and submit them all within your browser, no mail or paper required. Even has a do the math button that will add stuff up for you.

Have been using it for the past two tax cycles and once you understand it it's quite easy, only 2 pages needed if you're doing the standard deduction with a w2.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

And get fined because I'm overseas and the mail takes so long to get there the IRS fines me for a late filing

Last time the IRS sent me mail here it took almost half a year for me to receive it

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