In the last five years, Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, has spent $11.5 million lobbying the federal government. One of the things they're lobbying against is something called "return-free filing."
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) report in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that since Congress has spent ample time listening to interest groups, it's now time they get serious about tax reform:
With only three weeks until April 15th, some of you might like to be reminded that there are other people out there who are going through busy season pains just like you are.