Jimmy Patronis slams expansion of Direct File tax filing program
The U.S. Treasury Department is expanding a program allowing citizens to file taxes online for free to all 50 states, a move that went in the opposite direction called for by Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis.
Patronis was one of 21 financial officials from 18 states who signed a letter in March asking Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel to shut down the Direct File program.
“IRS Direct file was dead on arrival from the get-go, with low usage numbers and little interest from taxpayers who already use one of the many free services available to them,” Patronis spokesman Devin Galetta wrote in an email.
“The CFO believ...
