今天報稅，才發現世道變了！

早晨剛剛報完聯邦稅，一下子輕鬆了好多。

接下來報Virginia州稅，心想：這個容易，Virginia iFile 網上報稅免費，又快又容易。老農在網上報州稅五六年了，覺得聯邦也應該要有相似的係統才好。

找到Virginia報稅網站，傻眼了：今年報稅網站被叫停，換之以一大堆商業軟件。收入超過58000的納稅人必須出錢買這些軟件才能報稅。不然的話，就填表吧。

好好的報稅網站被廢棄，迫使納稅人買私人公司的軟件，這是什麽世道？？？ 當州長的這次做事太過頭了。這個政府在為誰著想？

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/jan/21/tdmet01-michael-paul-williams-virginias-new-tax-fi-ar-788675/

“The commonwealth had a free online site for people to file state taxes — a service with nearly unanimous user satisfaction. But the General Assembly and Gov. Bob McDonnell, intent on curing a nonexistent malady, abolished the Virginia iFile program last year in favor of private vendors.

Virginia replaced iFile with the misleadingly named Virginia Free File, whose website is a veritable billboard for commercial tax preparers. State residents earning more than $58,000 will have to pay to file.

Virginia iFile cost less than $50,000 a year. Switching programs could end up costing the state more money if the 90,000 filers who no longer will be able to e-file for free go back to paper returns, which the Taxation Department estimates would cost $1 each to process.

Del. Betsy Carr, D-Richmond, has submitted a bill that would reinstate iFile in January 2012.”