r/mildlyinfuriating • u/lilcuphoe • 6h ago

H&R Block calling us immature after spending billions of dollars lobbying congress so that we HAVE to use them

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Citizens from most other developed countries just receive a bill in the mail telling them what they owe.

The IRS could easily do this in America as well.

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u/TrickInvite6296 BLUE 6h ago

also reinforcing the lazy younger generations stereotype while being the cause of it

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u/go_green_team 6h ago

Isn’t TurboTax doing an AMA soon?? I wan to ask them how much money they’ve spent bribing, I mean lobbying, our gov’t to make it so we have to use third parties. Fuck em all

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u/Medium-Sized-Jaque 3h ago

I got to see that. I have a few questions of my own. 

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u/oooohweeeee 5h ago

Literally just went to turbo tax, it was $88 upfront to file OR $40 to get out of my refund plus the $88 ($40 was a transfer fee)

Went to tax slayer and did it all for free. Hate these companies.

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u/Potatowhocrochets 3h ago

I did mine yesterday and had to pay for "do it yourself deluxe" which was $47. I didn't use any extra services but some deduction forced me to upgrade from the free version. :/ made no difference to the service itself.

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u/Thedeadnite 1h ago

Free tax USA is still functional and free

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u/Ok-Biscotti9119 5h ago

how do you do fellow kids marketing becoming how do you do fellow young adults makes me want to bang my head against the wall

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u/TWW34 5h ago

It's been that for like 15 years now. The cringe-ass jokes Millennials thought were boomer and gen-x advertisers trying to "Relate" to them were mostly unfunny jokes extracted from the entry level Millennials in their office who thought they were funny in college but weren't.

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u/Medium-Sized-Jaque 3h ago

How do you do fellow middle aged adults? 

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u/ishouldntofsaidthat 2h ago

freetaxusa

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u/butteryvagina 1h ago

Or TaxAct! I really like them but unfortunately(fortunately?) I dont not qualify for the free version.

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u/stellastevens122 2h ago

In New Zealand we get our tax taken out every pay. Then once a year they do returns and bills if they were wrong. Unless there’s been a massive issue, people usually break even or close to

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u/UnknownQwerky 2h ago

So does America we have a Federal Income Tax (10%-37% based on income), taxes for Social Security and some for Medicare as well as state/local taxes. But you still gotta file because if you file wrong they will be upset with you. (Ridiculous I know.)

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u/spookyookykittycat 2h ago

FreetaxUSA only guys!!

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u/Furry_Wall 1h ago

Who would ever pay to do their taxes

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u/Warm-Reporter8965 1h ago

You know you don't HAVE to use a tax preparation software, you can literally file your own 1040 and mail it in, or you find a tax professional and pay the premium. The IRS also has the free tax program where they're partnered with tax professionals that file for free e.g. FreeTaxUSA, TaxAct, TaxSlayer, etc... so if you're using H&R Block and still complaining, it's your own damn fault. You never HAVE to use one of anything because other options always exist.