I have just completed my returns and will mail them this week. As far as I can determine, there's no way to e-file returns without paying a fee of between $20 and $30 for both state and federal returns. As a matter of principle if not economics I refused to pay $30 for a service that I can get for 78 cents. This mystifies me, because surely the IRS saves money by accepting an e-mailed return as opposed to a paper return. Can it be that the tax-preparation software lobbies are so strong that they won't permit the IRS to offer free filing?
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17 years ago