Senator Elizabeth Warren: Legislation would create free and easy tax filing tools and cut down on the 13 hours and $240 that taxpayers spend on average filing taxes
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July 14, 2022 – Washington D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led 22 colleagues in introducing the Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2022, with Representatives Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) introducing the House companion. This legislation would simplify the tax filing process for millions of Americans, saving them hours and hundreds of dollars. Along with lowering costs and eliminating red tape for all taxpayers, simplified filing tools would ensure that more eligible people – including millions of low-income Americans – receive important tax refunds, like the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. According to recent polling, 77% of Americans support this legislation.
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This legislation follows years of issues with the Free File program, which was outsourced by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to the tax prep industry and serves just 3% of taxpayers when 70% are eligible. Longtime Free File Alliance member Intuit has been sued for scamming taxpayers into paying for filing services that should have been free, and faced reports of ongoing abuse of revolving door tactics to defend the broken tax filing system. The Government Accountability Office recently recommended that the…
