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IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - some of my fellow 'murcans are eligible (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How have they been verifying mailed in tax forms with no pictures for decades?

Seems like it unnecessarily disenfranchises the poor and the elderly. You have to have access to equipment that can record you and the tech savvy to be able to use it.

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

How have they been verifying mailed in tax forms with no pictures for decades?

They haven't. Of course, the IRS deals with upwards 1 million potentially fraudulent claims per year. So, at some level, they're trying to avoid exacerbating the problem.