GOP Lawmaker Berated for Promising to End Free Tax Filing Because It 'Contradicts Taxpayers' Best Interest':

[Demovictory9]

GOP Lawmaker Berated for Promising to End Free Tax Filing Because It 'Contradicts Taxpayers' Best Interest': 'Anything That Helps Americans is Out'
"How is forcing someone to pay for a service when they could get it for free against our best interests?" questioned one user

Nebraska Rep. Adrian Smith, who serves as chairman of the House's Ways and Means Subcommittee, shared this goal while speaking on the House floor at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Link to tweet

A Republican congressman is receiving backlash from social media users after advocating for the end of the IRS Direct File program, where Americans can file their taxes for free, after stating that the program went against taxpayers' best interests.

https://www.latintimes.com/gop-lawmaker-berated-promising-end-free-tax-filing-because-it-contradicts-taxpayers-best-583616

Nebraska Rep. Adrian Smith, who serves as chairman of the House's Ways and Means Subcommittee, shared this goal while speaking on the House floor at a congressional hearing on early Thursday morning.

"We are bringing an end to the unauthorized wasteful and redundant IRS Direct File program, which directly contradicts taxpayers' best interests. This moment is years in the making, and we now have the opportunity to deliver on the job Americans elected us to do in a fiscally responsible way," said Smith.



Social media users quickly took to online platforms to express their frustrations with Smith's sentiments, with many indicating that the direct file program was helpful for American taxpayers.

"@RepAdrianSmith, could you *be* any more full of s***??" wrote one user.