How a free tax filing system from the government went from 296,000 users to zero in just one year
- Posted on April 15, 2026
- By Fortune
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How a free tax filing system from the government went from 296,000 users to zero in just one year
A wildly popular IRS pilot let hundreds of thousands file taxes for free. After two decades and $103 million in lobbying, H&R Block and Intuit helped convince Republicans and Trump to pull the plug.
