@cairobraga @seachanger Nah you don't have to pay. You can physically fill out the forms and mail them in, which I do. However, the government and the tax prep industry have openly conspired to prevent the government setting up a simple online filing system.

There is instead supposed to be a "free option" from the commercial tax prep companies for low to middle income people. But they used all sorts of dark patterns to steer people away from those.