CA State Offers To Prepare Simple Tax Returns

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday June 16, 2005 @03:21PM from the less-confusion dept.

Makarand writes "California is ready to roll out a program for taxpayers where the state will offer to fill out their tax forms for them if they are simple enough. Taxpayers will merely have to go online, download and review the completed forms prepared for them and confirm their return. This program is supposed to save money for the state, reduce tax related headaches for many and bring into the tax system those who are not paying any taxes currently. The state will take information it already receives on W-2 wage statements, put it in the right boxes on the tax return, and do the math."

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Re:National by alan_dershowitz · 2005-06-16 16:19 · Score: 4, Informative

Here is a news article (pdf) that states why California has not had E-Filing in the past, and the lobbyists' reasons that they feel E-filing is a bad idea for the public. Because of course, Intuit and H&R Block's lobbyists represent the public, as opposed to say, tax preparation businesses.