<story><title>How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing (2013)</title><url>https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-fought-free-simple-tax-filing</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>musicale</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s puzzling is that the IRS seems to calculate your taxes anyway; if there&amp;#x27;s a disparity, then they send you a correction a few weeks later.&lt;p&gt;Why can&amp;#x27;t they do this beforehand so you have the option of just clicking &amp;quot;OK&amp;quot; and being done with it?</text></comment>
<story><title>How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing (2013)</title><url>https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-fought-free-simple-tax-filing</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Simulacra</author><text>Any business that has a captive or semi-captive market is going to do all is can to dissuade others from participating in the market. It&amp;#x27;s the basis for most licensure laws.</text></comment>