In some other countries (many? Most? idk) you file taxes directly on the government's website. No private third party is involved. In France for example, in a simple case (employee) it can take as low as few minutes to file your taxes for the year. Contrast that to the US dystopic situation where lobbying by TurboTax and the likes pushes people to pay to file their taxes.
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These problems while not uniquely American, are certainly made worse by the US attitude to both data privacy and tax returns.
Could you give examples from countries with similar problems?
If you think these companies aren't doing this in every country then I have a pixel to sell you
In some other countries (many? Most? idk) you file taxes directly on the government's website. No private third party is involved. In France for example, in a simple case (employee) it can take as low as few minutes to file your taxes for the year. Contrast that to the US dystopic situation where lobbying by TurboTax and the likes pushes people to pay to file their taxes.
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