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Isn’t the TurboTax / Windows monopoly with the IRS a similar case? Defacto standard gone monopoly for digital tax returns. I agree that the government cannot lock consumers into duopolies but you still have a choice to go and get a piece of plastic. They also really don’t have a choice if the objective is digital convenience —- outside of Apple and Google, there really isn’t any competition. If there were a proper, open mobile platform with no vendor lock in, I am sure NSW would support that as well.


You can still use other tax return software, don't have to use windows with turbo tax and on top of it, use software that generates paper returns.


Yep, I've been filing my taxes digitally for seven years (used paper forms before that) and I've never used TurboTax.


I file using Turbotax using a web browser on linux. Why do you mention Windows?




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