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Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025 (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] brbposting 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Depressing thought: there’s a remote possibility the government is inept enough trying to roll around verification system that a third party has a safer solution.

Positive thinking: maybe the government is just using a third party until they’ve had time to make their own service entirely bombproof. Let’s go with that for our sake.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And then ID.me becomes the new TurboTax and starts lobbying the government to not compete with them.

[–] brbposting 3 points 3 months ago

Noooooooooooo