13 states will join the IRS direct income tax filing pilot in 2024 - The Verge

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13 states join the IRS direct-file test after tax prep firms dropped the ball
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There is no 'scratch', you login and practically everything is filled out. If you want to change or add something, you can do so.

Yep, it's all a bunch of forms and you can edit the info that is prefilled.

There's a rare few forms which still need to be sent in on paper, but most can be sent in digital form.

This is nearly how it works in Canada. I grant access from my accounting software to my Canada revenue agency account and pretty much just verify it's correct and fill in some of the non registered investment stuff which happens to be mostly with the institution whose software I use anyways.

The software is free. It even checks my wifes to optimize the returns.

What do your wives do to be an object of interest for a tax agency?