The Wall Street Journal has criticized the IRS Direct File tax program and called on Republicans in Congress to shut it down. The program, touted by President Joe Biden as a 'free, secure, simple way to file your taxes,' was developed based on a prototype program built by the IRS before the completion of an independent study. The pilot program, launched in March, has not met expectations.
The Wall Street Journal ripped the IRS for its Direct File tax program and called on Republicans in Congress to shut it down.
"This is another brainstorm from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who stuck $15 million into the Inflation Reduction Act to study if the IRS could prepare tax returns for taxpayers. The IRS dove right in and built a prototype program before it even released the required 'independent' study from a liberal think tank. A pilot program for 19 million taxpayers in a dozen states went live in March.
The Journal, noting the tax code has been an honor system in which Americans prepare their own returns, added that "progressives want to give the IRS power to present taxpayers with nonnegotiable tax bills. Sen. Warren, is selling Direct File as an alternative to 'greedy, reckless' tax preparation firms. It's a scandal the tax code is so complicated it requires such help, but that's the fault of Congress.
The internal revenue code doesn't grant the agency authority to prepare returns other than when taxpayers fail to file or file fraudulent returns, the Journal said.
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