And lo on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:32:53 +0100, Chambers  
<ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:

> A more realistic immediate goal for them is allowing you to do your  
> taxes online at the IRS's web site, rather than paying a third party to  
> do them for you (there is a partnership program between the IRS and  
> various tax prep companies that allows those companies to do your taxes  
> online for free, but only for certain qualifying individuals {your  
> income has to be in a certain range, and your return can't be very  
> complex}).  This would eliminate a large part of the business of tax  
> firms, but the IRS actually seems more concerned about the taxpayers  
> than the tax preparers.

That's something our lot are doing at the moment, pushing everyone to fill  
out tax returns online and giving monetary incentives to the early  
adopters.

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Phil Cook

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