A small part of the Inflation Reduction Act instructed the IRS to look into developing a free tax filing program. According to a Bloomberg Second Measure report, TurboTax is by far the most popular tax filing service with a 73 percent market share in May 2021. "The Free File program, which was created in partnership with tax preparation companies, clearly has not been successful in over two decades." Intuit, which makes TurboTax, and H&R Block both pulled out of the Free File Alliance during the pandemic. "Americans will be powerless when the IRS completely controls the tax filing process from start to finish."

---

Persons: It's, Joe Biden, Don Beyer, Beyer, Katie Porter, it's, Porter, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Jason Smith Organizations: IRS, Service, Privacy, Democratic, Internal, Bloomberg, Coalition For Free, Rep, Alliance, Intuit, Office, Republican, Biden Administration Locations: Wall, Silicon, California