今天报税，才发现世道变了！

早晨刚刚报完联邦税，一下子轻松了好多。

接下来报Virginia州税，心想：这个容易，Virginia iFile 网上报税免费，又快又容易。老农在网上报州税五六年了，觉得联邦也应该要有相似的系统才好。

找到Virginia报税网站，傻眼了：今年报税网站被叫停，换之以一大堆商业软件。收入超过58000的纳税人必须出钱买这些软件才能报税。不然的话，就填表吧。

好好的报税网站被废弃，迫使纳税人买私人公司的软件，这是什么世道？？？ 当州长的这次做事太过头了。这个政府在为谁着想？

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/jan/21/tdmet01-michael-paul-williams-virginias-new-tax-fi-ar-788675/

“The commonwealth had a free online site for people to file state taxes — a service with nearly unanimous user satisfaction. But the General Assembly and Gov. Bob McDonnell, intent on curing a nonexistent malady, abolished the Virginia iFile program last year in favor of private vendors.

Virginia replaced iFile with the misleadingly named Virginia Free File, whose website is a veritable billboard for commercial tax preparers. State residents earning more than $58,000 will have to pay to file.

Virginia iFile cost less than $50,000 a year. Switching programs could end up costing the state more money if the 90,000 filers who no longer will be able to e-file for free go back to paper returns, which the Taxation Department estimates would cost $1 each to process.

Del. Betsy Carr, D-Richmond, has submitted a bill that would reinstate iFile in January 2012.”