IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - some of my fellow 'murcans are eligible - eviltoast
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    10 months ago

    countries with no national ID cards and no plans for one: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK. 1

    And they do taxes just fine without a Harry Potter like gif of every tax payer.

    Privacy reasons aside, TurboTax doesn’t require a video clip to file your taxes so this is only raising the technical barrier against the widespread adoption of a simple tax system.