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| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | FreeTaxUSA | A private online tax-filing service offering free federal filing and paid state filing, with IRS Free File participation for eligible taxpayers. FreeTaxUSA scores better than dominant tax-prep firms because its ordinary pricing is simpler and lower, though it is still privately controlled tax-compliance software. | private online tax-filing company | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | H&R Block | A public tax-preparation company offering assisted filing, online tax software, small-business services, and related financial products. H&R Block provides human help at scale, but the business depends on paid mediation of a civic obligation and shares the sector's fee, refund, privacy, and lobbying problems. | public tax-preparation and tax-software company | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Intuit / TurboTax | A public software company behind TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp. Intuit scores low because tax-filing dependence, FTC-documented deceptive free-file advertising, lobbying exposure, data capture, and shareholder control outweigh the utility of its software. | public tax-software and small-business software company | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | IRS Free File | An IRS public-private program that routes eligible taxpayers to participating tax-prep companies for free federal filing. Free File scores above commercial tax prep because it reduces direct cost, but it remains fragmented and depends on private vendors rather than a universal public filing tool. | public-private free tax-filing program | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | TaxAct | A private tax-software company offering federal and state filing products for individuals, businesses, and professionals. TaxAct is less symbolically dominant than TurboTax, but it remains a private gate into mandatory tax compliance with pricing, privacy, and disclosure asymmetries. | private tax-software company | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | VITA / TCE Free Tax Preparation | An IRS-supported network of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly sites offering free basic tax preparation for qualifying taxpayers. VITA/TCE scores well because it converts tax filing from a paid extraction point into trained community assistance for lower-income, disabled, elderly, and limited-English taxpayers. | IRS-supported volunteer tax-preparation program | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |