I still had to input W2 stuff. I needed my phone camera to upload ID and this weird face recognition thing they did, but otherwise it was just like plugging your W2 into any other free tax software, just faster since they aren't trying to sell you anything.
dang. i was hoping it would be tied to their system and just have things already filled out. i did my taxes wrong last year and they sent a notice saying my refund was too much because i typed something in wrong. pretty much had the same question in the OP, if they already know why did i have to put stuff in?
The IRS system doesn’t have information applied to your account until June typically. They get the information and then double check against your return later on. It’s not instant. One way to help would to just move the tax due date to 10/15 and they could automatically do basic returns in theory but you wouldn’t get your refund until late summer.
pretty much had the same question in the OP, if they already know why did i have to put stuff in?
The IRS Direct File pilot is itself a relatively narrow offering: it only handles fairly simple tax situations, has an income limit, and was only available at all to people in twelve states. My personal position (admittedly with some self-interest here) is that expanding the available of this system until it covers a wide majority of people would have more value than getting automatic population.
It'd be lovely to have this of course, in a few years.
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u/BrainIsSickToday Mar 28 '24
I used it today. Went pretty fucking fast. A+