Tag: Lobbying
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The benefits bill the gig companies wrote for themselves
Let’s talk about gig work. If you’re a writer like me who makes money posting on Facebook, or you drive for DoorDash, deliver for Uber Eats, clean houses through an app, do contract HVAC, or rent a chair to cut hair – any of the thousand kinds of 1099 work people here do to get…
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The IRS built a free way to file your taxes. Then it got killed.
Let’s talk about taxes! Fun! In 2024, the IRS built something useful. A free online tool called Direct File that let you file your federal taxes straight with the government. No fees. No upsells. You enter what you made, it does the math, you’re done. It’s gone now. As of this tax season, you can’t…