130 Million Americans Can Get Their Taxes Done for Free in 2020 -- Here's How

I know, I know... you probably haven't even put away the holiday decorations yet or cleaned out the fridge of leftovers. But the fact remains that the turning of the calendar to a new year signifies the return of tax season.

I, for one, am not thrilled with the prospect of laboring over my personal finances each year, and I'm inclined to believe that most of you feel the same. In 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimated that taxpayers spent 8.9 billion hours complying with federal tax laws. To put that into context, this works out to over 1 million years of cumulative time spent on federal income tax taxes. Yuck.

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