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Musk says he 'deleted' IRS easy filing team that let Americans file taxes for free online
(www.rawstory.com)
There's a term for this: entrapment.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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i always just look up this year's 1040 and just fill it out myself. easy finances though...
been meaning to get an accountant this year. we'll still do paper filing if e-filing is "deleted" lol
I really don't know why, but every time I see Space Karen trying to be such a sooper kewl edgelord, I think of this clip...that and the very end of the movie, too....
I hate the american tax system. Not more than wiccans, but still a whole lot. Especially since I just read of a bunch of comments saying how great their tax filing is... Musky needs to be arrested, he's obviously destroying services that make our lives as citizens easier. That's what the federal government should be, easy and comprehensive to citizens and cold and mean to people like El(t)on musk
Wiccans? Like, pagans? What do you have against them? Most I have met have been pretty chill. I get hating all religions, but weird little pagans are near the bottom for me as long as they are not hurting anyone.
As for the rest, fuck Elon and indeed, our tax system is never in our favor. Just rich assholes and businesses that never seem to have to pay anything.
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I love it when Nazi African fascists take control of the American monetary system.
How does he do this stuff? It's not like he's personally logging into the server and shutting down the website.
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Deport this asshole back to South Africa
Unfortunately, he's now an American citizen. Fortunately, we have treason charges for this kind of thing :).
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Arrest his ass and lock him away for life!
Really increasing efficiency there. You know... efficiency aside, making it easier to file taxes is one of the very few things that can actually make more money!
They don't want the government to take in more money. They just want it to cost less (and consequently do less).
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A right-wing MAGA influencer called the "direct file" tax program a "far left /.../
Here in Estonia, the castle of "far left" in Europe (shh, don't spoil the joke, comrades, we want them to think we're dark red here ;) )...
...for something like 15 years already, you file your taxes like this:
- some day in February, your internet bank reminds you to send a report to the tax office
- you click "send"
- some day in February, you read in a newspaper that "you can file your taxes now"
- you open up emta.ee, log in with your ID card, and see a pre-filled declaration
- if you're lucky (99% are), it's been filled correctly and you click "confirm", otherwise you click "edit"
- you get to see if you have returns or need to pay extra
- if you have returns, you can choose if you want the money (typically if it's big, you do) or want to donate the small change to a non-profit
It typically takes about 15 minutes.
If it's a bad year and the automatically filled declaration was incorrect, things will differ of course - then you wait until next winter for a court to resolve the dispute. If you can write a complaint in legalese, it costs about 20 €, but if you need a lawyer, you shell out real money. I've had a bad year once. Most people never have one.
Doing it this way would cost the IRS less than the way our current system runs.
It's basically the same thing in Sweden, but in the rare chance that the tax agency makes a mistake, it's usually resolved before summertime without any court issues.
Does everyone have to file taxes? In the UK, unless you're renting a property or otherwise have some income on the side like that, you don't file taxes at all, it's just all done automatically.
Most everyone in the US files. Even if the gov withheld taxes from your payroll you still file. The gov knows how much you made, now you have to arrive at the same number or you can get fined if you claim more and they catch you in an audit.
What's funny is, on the tax form there's a field asking if you got money from illegal activity like selling drugs.....they expect you to declare it and pay the percentage.... The ultimate gov will look the other way as long as they get their cut.
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In Hungary, the country of the far left Orbán quasi-dictatorship, the tax filing process is if you are an employee, in May you go to the website and click okay if you're happy with it. If you forget, it's just an implied acceptance of what you've seen, so most people never do anything and some don't even know how to.
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American here, I didn't work this year (stay at home parent) and we only need to file my wife's taxes. If it goes smoothly it'll take an hour, minimum, and we're usually unsure if we filed it all out correctly...
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Is he heavily invested in TurboTax or something?
He's invested in suffering and making a profit. So yes.
Wow! Holy shit!
"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"
"However, the Treasury Department confirms that the Direct File system remains active, offering free tax filing with customer support"
Big story. Is every tweet going to be a shocking story? Isn't that beneficial to the media who done nothing / helped install theese morons?