Post AUFr3TAPd64bHgul16 by godzero@sfba.social
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 (DIR) Post #AUFqoyJtWOUJYlR8U4 by xinniw@post.lurk.org
       2023-04-02T18:23:09Z
       
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       Filling out US taxes and it strikes me that TurboTax is an example of @pluralistic concept of enshittification. The process now periodically throws up a window into the underlying tax form without context with the message "we just want to check that this is correct". It looks scary and you don't have the context to answer the question because the machine has been filling this form out and this is the first time you are reading it. All the while there is a big green button in the top right corner that says "talk to a tax expert" that encourages you to sign up for a premium plan. Intuit has already captured the market for this fucked up cottage industry of tax preparation. At this stage, the only way to increase their profits is by shaking down customers for premium subscriptions. The whole business shouldn't even be there. There is no reason why uncle sam can't just send me a bill at the end of the year and be done with it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUFr3TAPd64bHgul16 by godzero@sfba.social
       2023-04-02T18:59:55Z
       
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       @xinniw @pluralistic That would be great but what makes you think they'd get it right?
       
 (DIR) Post #AUFr3ToTEA7FHvekSG by bananarama@mstdn.social
       2023-04-02T22:00:57Z
       
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       @godzero @xinniw @pluralistic What makes you think they'd get it wrong? The IRS already has to get it right - it's how they know you filed your taxes correctly.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUFriALIWUu2m4PZlQ by brettglass@newsie.social
       2023-04-02T19:53:32Z
       
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       @xinniw @pluralistic I have a small business. No way Uncle Sam could just send me a bill.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUFriB2XvhUuwCe7Au by bananarama@mstdn.social
       2023-04-02T22:08:18Z
       
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       @brettglass @xinniw @pluralistic The IRS probably has software that can do most of the auditing automatically. All the big 4 do. Accountants don't do bookkeeping as much anymore.
       
 (DIR) Post #AULUPBTyPXKeOF6LOS by brettglass@newsie.social
       2023-04-05T15:15:23Z
       
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       @bananarama @xinniw @pluralistic The IRS can’t know who patronized me, how much they paid, how much I spent. I’ve still got to prepare forms.