1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgSusan Harleyhttps://www.citizen.org/author/sharley/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GWFaLJ5xIg"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/irs-do-our-taxes/">IRS: Do Our Taxes!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/irs-do-our-taxes/embed/#?secret=GWFaLJ5xIg" width="600" height="338" title="“IRS: Do Our Taxes!” — Public Citizen" data-secret="GWFaLJ5xIg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Taxpayers in other countries have the opportunity to elect this type of “return-free filing,” and people in America deserve a similar option. In fact, the IRS was empowered to provide this service to American taxpayers when the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 became law. It obviously was never implemented.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/pexels-nataliya-vaitkevich-6863323-scaled.jpg25601707