Right, but given the choice between the agency that decides whether you did your taxes correctly and a for profit company, why would you choose the latter?
What makes you think that a division of the federal government is going to get it right the first time? I'm being serious (not snarky). Have you ever worked with the federal government? I have (as a contractor) and I was constantly amazed (not in a good way).
What i’ve found delusional is the amount of duplicative entry of data by individuals that’s already been submitted to the tax agency electronically by employers and finance firms.
At least in Canada for the last couple years, our tax software can download all that from the tax agency and plug that into
your forms automatically. And for most people, that’s all the info there is.
There aren’t a lot of “elections” or “decisions” to actually make when filing.
And there’s a lot of stuff that doesn’t happen automatically because you •could• have the same investments across multiple brokers, but that’s not the majority either.
The USDS, which helped build this site, was literally started because of the embarrassing launch of healthcare.gov. And as the article states, the test launch for tax year 2023 went extremely smoothly.
Because the agency which decides whether I did my taxes correctly is likely going to have terrible UX and has an incentive to hide options for me to save on taxes?
I pay private agents all the time to avoid having to deal with terrible governments interfaces and find shortcuts, wins for me.
As opposed to the terrible UX of the for profit companies that have been providing the same services for years? For most people, the cost of TurboTax is higher than whatever mystical savings they might "find".
it getting hacked is probably the top concern. if an attacker can access my information on that site, they can steal my identity and conveniently also know exactly how much that identity is worth stealing. Not that not using the system is any guarantee that I'll be safe either. my data's already been leaked by Equifax so I'm expecting someone will try something eventually. scammers have already tried calling my mom, telling her I'm in the hospital but fortunately she was able to call me and I was able to say that I wasn't.
which is to say, that worry shouldn't stop anyone from trying their site.
Thank God that they did it in house, instead of giving a contract to Accenture!
More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41737653
I’ll wait for other people to test it.
Just curious, are you worried about anything in particular?
'taxes' is a 4... erm, 5 letter word for some; almost taboo.
Right, but given the choice between the agency that decides whether you did your taxes correctly and a for profit company, why would you choose the latter?
What makes you think that a division of the federal government is going to get it right the first time? I'm being serious (not snarky). Have you ever worked with the federal government? I have (as a contractor) and I was constantly amazed (not in a good way).
It's literally not their first time. It launched for tax year 2023.
I still wouldn't use it this early.
What i’ve found delusional is the amount of duplicative entry of data by individuals that’s already been submitted to the tax agency electronically by employers and finance firms.
At least in Canada for the last couple years, our tax software can download all that from the tax agency and plug that into your forms automatically. And for most people, that’s all the info there is.
There aren’t a lot of “elections” or “decisions” to actually make when filing.
And there’s a lot of stuff that doesn’t happen automatically because you •could• have the same investments across multiple brokers, but that’s not the majority either.
Obamacare Website Tips - SNL
https://youtu.be/_rzQeDOGDxI?si=Op4NDMNL_9hedCPK
The USDS, which helped build this site, was literally started because of the embarrassing launch of healthcare.gov. And as the article states, the test launch for tax year 2023 went extremely smoothly.
Because the agency which decides whether I did my taxes correctly is likely going to have terrible UX and has an incentive to hide options for me to save on taxes?
I pay private agents all the time to avoid having to deal with terrible governments interfaces and find shortcuts, wins for me.
As opposed to the terrible UX of the for profit companies that have been providing the same services for years? For most people, the cost of TurboTax is higher than whatever mystical savings they might "find".
it getting hacked is probably the top concern. if an attacker can access my information on that site, they can steal my identity and conveniently also know exactly how much that identity is worth stealing. Not that not using the system is any guarantee that I'll be safe either. my data's already been leaked by Equifax so I'm expecting someone will try something eventually. scammers have already tried calling my mom, telling her I'm in the hospital but fortunately she was able to call me and I was able to say that I wasn't.
which is to say, that worry shouldn't stop anyone from trying their site.
It was tested last year.
Good