Materials referenced in the podcast

• Free file: About the Free File Alliance. IRS.

• Chu, M. and M. Kovalick. An analysis of the Free File program. IRS. 2007.

• Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Complexity and insufficient oversight of the Free File program result in low taxpayer participation. 3 February 2020.

• Cost of Super Bowl advertising breakdown by year.

• Elliot, J. and L. Waldron. Here's how TurboTax just tricked you into paying to file your taxes. ProPublica. 22 April 2019.

• H&R Block, TurboTax accused of obstructing access to free filing. NPR. 7 May 2019.

• Report on investigation of free tax preparation and filing services. New York State Department of Financial Services. July 2020.

• J. Woodruff. Dreading doing your taxes? Other countries show us there's another way. PBS NewsHour. 13 April 2017.

• Elliott, J. and P. Kiel. Inside TubroTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free. ProPublica. 17 October 2019.

• Matthews, D. Tax preparation: Congress is set to pass a bill making taxes harder. Vox. 9 April 2019.

Additional readings and resources

• Coming soon.