The IRS has resisted setting up its own income tax preparation system for years. They used the excuse that private companies provided that servce. They are finally going to have tax preparatin offered to individuals at no charge in 2025. This will probably mean that Intuit will lose millions of people who currently file with TurboTax for free. It will mean less free filers and it stands to reason that they will need to pay less agents. Intuit has blasted the IRS in the past for their failure to provide that service and keep the burden on Intuit and other companies.
There are too many complicated tax laws in the US for a simple direct tax to work. Users who pay TurboTax will continue to use it for its user friendliness and accurate computations.
