Current：Home > InvestThe dating game that does your taxes -InvestTomorrow
The dating game that does your taxes
View
Date：2025-04-24 12:55:24
More than 20 years ago, the IRS struck a deal that gave most Americans the ability to prepare their taxes online for free. Today, only about 3% of eligible taxpayers use the service.
Tax Heaven 3000 takes users on a series of dates with Iris, who will ask questions to help them complete their federal tax return. The game's creator says the aim is to punch up at the tax prep industry, and show how unnecessary it's become.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (9)
Related
- Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
- US defense secretary is in Israel to meet with its leaders and see America’s security assistance
- Zimbabwe opposition leader demands the reinstatement of party lawmakers kicked out of Parliament
- What is a strong El Nino, and what weather could it bring to the U.S. this winter?
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- As Israel battles Hamas, all eyes are on Hezbollah, the wild card on its northern border
- Do I really need that? How American consumers are tightening purse strings amid inflation
- Japan’s government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- How to help victims of the deadly Israel-Hamas conflict
Ranking
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- New study: Disability and income prevent Black Americans from aging at home
- New Suits TV Series Is in the Works and We Have No Objections, Your Honor
- South Korea says it expressed concern to China for sending North Korean escapees back home
- Friday the 13th luck? 13 past Mega Millions jackpot wins in December. See top 10 lottery prizes
- Israel-Gaza conflict stokes tensions as violent incidents arise in the U.S.
- Georgia wants to study deepening Savannah’s harbor again on heels of $973 million dredging project
- The approved multistate wind-power transmission line will increase energy capacity for Missouri
Recommendation
Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
Japan’s government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church
Timeline: The long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal
Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
5 Things podcast: White nationalism is surging. How can it be stopped?
5 Things podcast: Death tolls rise in Israel and Gaza, online hate, nomination for Speaker
Court hearing to discuss contested Titanic expedition is canceled after firm scales back dive plan