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Why is
IRS doing this? In a nutshell, to save money. It’s cheaper, faster and easier for them to process returns electronically.
Why should you do it? Because it’s cheaper and easier to file, and you can get your refund faster.
Why are
big tax companies offering this deal? They’re trying to get you to upgrade to one of their deluxe products, which offer things like tax planning advice,
ability to import data from software you used last year, etc.
Also, state tax programs are not included in this deal. So
companies probably figure that if you use their free federal program you’ll end up buying their state one.
Remember: You must go through
IRS official web site in order to get this deal. If you go to
tax companies’ sites, you will not get this offer. In fact, some of these companies not only charge you to do your return online, but then they’ll also hit you with a fee once you try to file electronically. So you’ll pay twice if you don’t go through
IRS web site.
Happy tax preparing!

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