H&R Block Snuck Language Into a Senate Bill to Make Taxes More Confusing for Poor People

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H&R Block Snuck Language Into a Senate Bill to Make Taxes More Confusing for Poor People

by Dylan Matthews - Vox

By Lumberhead

Politics • August 2015 • Views: 2,976

Think about what tax breaks are being targeted here. These are all refundable credits, which, with the exception of the college credit, overwhelmingly help low-income and working-class people. H&R Block is not pushing to make the mortgage interest deduction more complicated, or to make the charitable deduction more confusing. Tax breaks that mostly help rich people go untouched. H&R Block knows that rich people already use TurboTax or hire accountants; because it wants new business, it has decided to prey upon the poor.

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6 comments

Eclectic Cyborg Aug 24, 2015 • 11:19:20am

Reason number 1587 I will never use H&R Block.

iossarian Aug 25, 2015 • 7:26:34am

Fucking bastards. People like this, who prey on the poor and disadvantaged, should be ashamed of themselves.

PhillyPretzel Aug 25, 2015 • 8:34:38am

And this is the very reason why I know it is worth the money to pay an accountant to do your taxes.

Iwouldprefernotto Aug 25, 2015 • 11:19:30am

re: #2 iossarian

Fucking bastards. People like this, who prey on the poor and disadvantaged, should be ashamed of themselves.

If they don’t prey on the poor how the hell are they going to pay their CEO so much money?

nines09 Aug 25, 2015 • 12:02:19pm

H&R Block has been ripping off consumers since they opened their doors.Look at this sweet recent track record. My wife worked for them at tax time and was absolutely furious at the underhanded tactics and duplicity they use. It’s the mainstreaming of grift into the acceptable social norm. Payday lenders. Rent to own. All normal now. Stupid is the new crop, and the fields never wither.

WhatEVs Aug 25, 2015 • 12:08:42pm

Wow. What fuckers. Just imagine if you didn’t have to go through all the BS that alot of people have to deal with every year to file their taxes..

H&R Block’s entire business model is premised on taxes being confusing and hard to file. So, naturally, the tax preparation company has become — along with Intuit, the company behind TurboTax — one of the loudest voices on Capitol Hill arguing against measures that make it easier to pay taxes. For example, the Obama administration has pushed for automatic tax filing, in which the IRS uses income information it already has to fill out your tax return for you. That would save millions of Americans considerable time and energy every year, but the idea has gone nowhere. The main reason? Lobbying from H&R Block and Intuit.

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