making me enter a special code and fill out forms and pay for the ‘deLuXe’ tax software because only that can handle the right forms

i assume other countries do this too. scum apps more like

  • zerosignal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    10 months ago

    Contact you’re representatives and ask them why this is the only place in the world that has this issue.

    Because the tax prep software companies bribe lobby Congress to keep things the way they are.

    • b34k@lemmy.worldEnglish
      213·
      10 months ago

      It’s not the tax prep companies in this case. It’s companies like Uber spending millions on lobbying to ensure that their drivers are never considered their employees, and subject to protections that employment affords

      • coffeecupEnglish
        361·
        10 months ago

        It’s actually both. TurboTax spends millions lobbying against simplicity in the tax return process. While Uber also spends millions lobbying against proper labor practices.