The IRS has made a habit of late of doing whatever it wants, with little regard for legal or constitutional constraints. From its lackadaisical attitude toward its failure to properly safeguard thousands of tax returns to repeated Supreme Court rebukes to half-baked plans to snoop on taxpayers’ bank accounts, the agency is developing a reputation as a loose cannon. The latest in what is becoming an increasingly long list of questionable moves by the IRS is the agency’s unilateral decision to launch a “direct file” program.
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