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Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It.

by Jessica Huseman ProPublica, March 20, 2017, 1:22 p.m. Here’s how preparing your taxes could work: You sit down, review a prefilled filing from the government. If it’s accurate, you sign it. If it’s not, you fix it or ignore it altogether and prepare your return yourself. It’s your choice. You might not have to …

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H&R Block Will E-Mail Your Tax Info To Just Anyone

(bradhoc) Tax returns contain some pretty sensitive information. You would think that when a tax preparer collects your e-mail address, they might verify to make sure that it is your correct e-mail address. If that’s your assumption, clearly you are not H&R Block, which doesn’t particularly care whether they’re sending your personal information to you …

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H&R Block Gets Cut Off on Funding For Refund Anticipation Loans

Bob Lawless over at Credit Slips is reporting an interesting development that tosses a wrench in the gears for H&R Block and their continued promotion of Refund Anticipation Loans for people that believe they will get a tax refund. Lawless said in his post: I used to think of these firms as tax preparers with …

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