The IRS finally has a brand-new, totally free tax-filing software for you. But not everyone’s excited about it.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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