Sasan Goodarzi

I have more important things to do than to lobby the government to send a tax bill.

Well, I am into it, right? And so it's okay to put me into it in the same verse. We have very much focused on simplifying taxes. That's what we lobbied for. Simplified the tax code. That's simply what we've lobbied for.

Well, I am into it, right? And so it's okay to put me into it in the same verse. We have very much focused on simplifying taxes. That's what we lobbied for. Simplified the tax code. That's simply what we've lobbied for.

Well, I am into it, right? And so it's okay to put me into it in the same verse. We have very much focused on simplifying taxes. That's what we lobbied for. Simplified the tax code. That's simply what we've lobbied for.

We do not. free is available to all consumers today. And so it really is not relevant to our business. And in fact, proof points are always important. You know, in the last five years, two pretty formidable companies got into providing free tax software. One was Credit Karma before we acquired them, 100 million members. They provided free tax software. No impact in the tax industry.

We do not. free is available to all consumers today. And so it really is not relevant to our business. And in fact, proof points are always important. You know, in the last five years, two pretty formidable companies got into providing free tax software. One was Credit Karma before we acquired them, 100 million members. They provided free tax software. No impact in the tax industry.

We do not. free is available to all consumers today. And so it really is not relevant to our business. And in fact, proof points are always important. You know, in the last five years, two pretty formidable companies got into providing free tax software. One was Credit Karma before we acquired them, 100 million members. They provided free tax software. No impact in the tax industry.

And then we sold that to another formidable company. And there's really been no formidable impact to the structure of the tax industry because free is already available. And so our view, by the way, very strongly, and we've been on the record, This is a solution looking for a problem. Free already exists. And by the way, what the government is providing is not free. You're paying.

And then we sold that to another formidable company. And there's really been no formidable impact to the structure of the tax industry because free is already available. And so our view, by the way, very strongly, and we've been on the record, This is a solution looking for a problem. Free already exists. And by the way, what the government is providing is not free. You're paying.

And then we sold that to another formidable company. And there's really been no formidable impact to the structure of the tax industry because free is already available. And so our view, by the way, very strongly, and we've been on the record, This is a solution looking for a problem. Free already exists. And by the way, what the government is providing is not free. You're paying.

Your tax dollars are going towards building a software that already exists for Americans. So that's something that we've been on the record that from our perspective and private industry has been on the record. It doesn't make sense. Free already exists. So why build another one?

Your tax dollars are going towards building a software that already exists for Americans. So that's something that we've been on the record that from our perspective and private industry has been on the record. It doesn't make sense. Free already exists. So why build another one?

Your tax dollars are going towards building a software that already exists for Americans. So that's something that we've been on the record that from our perspective and private industry has been on the record. It doesn't make sense. Free already exists. So why build another one?

Yeah, I love your question. Let me answer it in two ways. One is there are over 100 million customers that we've served for completely free. It's more than the entire industry combined. So we're... very, very sort of intentional about making sure that we are a big player when it comes to free tax software.

Yeah, I love your question. Let me answer it in two ways. One is there are over 100 million customers that we've served for completely free. It's more than the entire industry combined. So we're... very, very sort of intentional about making sure that we are a big player when it comes to free tax software.

Yeah, I love your question. Let me answer it in two ways. One is there are over 100 million customers that we've served for completely free. It's more than the entire industry combined. So we're... very, very sort of intentional about making sure that we are a big player when it comes to free tax software.

On the other hand, any time we see something that needs to be improved, we take it very seriously. We take our reputation very seriously. So I can tell you, you know, in the last several years, we've been very, very intentional about going through our advertising all the way through the product top to bottom.

On the other hand, any time we see something that needs to be improved, we take it very seriously. We take our reputation very seriously. So I can tell you, you know, in the last several years, we've been very, very intentional about going through our advertising all the way through the product top to bottom.

On the other hand, any time we see something that needs to be improved, we take it very seriously. We take our reputation very seriously. So I can tell you, you know, in the last several years, we've been very, very intentional about going through our advertising all the way through the product top to bottom.

to really improve where we need to improve to ensure that customers really understand what they're eligible for and what they're not eligible for. In fact, last year, one of our advertisements that we ran on TV, we said, hey, 37% of the population is eligible for free. And these are the qualifications, just so we could be very clear and transparent.