Published: July 2022

Support for Tax Filing Simplification Act (TFSA)

More than 145 national, state and local organizations, including Consumer Action, signed on to a letter to members of Congress expressing strong support for the Tax Filing Simplification Act (TFSA) of 2022, which would require the Department of Treasury to implement meaningful reforms that would greatly simplify the process by which families file their tax returns.

Consumer Action joined a broad coalition of national, state and local organizations in a letter to members of Congress expressing strong support for the Tax Filing Simplification Act (TFSA) of 2022, which would require the Department of Treasury to implement meaningful reforms that would greatly simplify the process by which families file their tax returns. The tax filing process is incredibly complicated and burdensome for individuals and families and results in millions of people losing out on the credits and benefits that they are owed. In fact, ordinary taxpayers spend an average of 13 hours doing their taxes and often pay more than $200 for paid filing services when the government already has the data needed for most taxpayers with simple returns. This legislation would reduce the time and stress tax filing currently involves and improve family economic wellbeing by reducing reliance on paid tax preparers and increasing access to critical credits and benefits, including the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

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Public Citizen

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