On a more positive note, both recently pulled out of the free-file program, breaking the compromise and freeing the IRS to act. And fortuitously, the IRS has received an infusion of $80 billion to upgrade and modernize its systems.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/faroe-islands-denmark-tax-system-america/672401/?utm_source=feed

Others are more ambitious: continuing to explore ways to create a government-operated electronic free-file tax return system, for example.”

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/96446-your-tax-dollars-at-work-a-new-and-improved-irs-2023-04-12

Susan Harley, Congress Watch managing director at Public Citizen, said “we’re outgunned as far as money being spent, but we have the moral higher ground” in supporting the free-file program over third-party tax preparers.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/business-news/2023/07/irs-steps-toward-a-new-free-file-tax-return-system-have-both-supporters-and-critics-mobilizing/