(09-29-2020, 03:59 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(09-29-2020, 03:35 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: No, technically I didn't get money back. I ended up $68 in the hole by the time I paid the tax guy the $79.99 he charged to fill it out. That was the cheapest price I could find for someone to do my taxes locally, here in Ohio. As for letting the government keep it, I needed it to cover the cost of paying the tax guy. I need that money to live on. Trump and Biden don't. Both are independently wealthy. 

Where is there free services? I don't know of any and if it's free, doesn't that mean it's low quality? I don't trust things that are free. As I said before, I'm not messing with the IRS. I don't want to lose what little I have.

Check your local United Way office, they can refer you to several different organizations (including accounting firms) that do EZ filing for no cost. And the idea that your need is more than someone else's isn't sufficient to justify confiscating what they have. That's a bad road to go down. And I'm an advocate of the Fair Tax, I believe it's a better solution than the Flat Tax. In any case, consumption based taxation is better than income based, but it can't be manipulated so it'll never happen.