<prompt> Human: With tax season fast approaching I wanted to make everyone aware of a little-known fact that if you make less than 64,000 a year you are eligible for free tax filing and preparation The government has a contract with tax prep companies like HR Block that allows for free tax filing for 70 of Americans. You can use the tax prep software that companies normally charge for without paying a penny if you go through the IRSs website. The program opens in January to file your 2017 tax returns.The IRSs advertising budget for this program is 0 so very few people realize it exists. Last year only 2 of eligible taxpayers used this system. Most people paid the companies to prepare their taxes because they werent aware of this great program. It is literally the same programs the companies charge for being offered for free. If youre interested in why companies would offer their products for free its because it prevents the government from offering a free filing option. So long as tax companies offer free filing to 70 of US taxpayers the government will not offer a competing tax prep option, per the contract. They just work very hard to make sure no one actually knows the free filing option exists so we continue to pay them to prepare our taxes. Use this program and please tell everyone you know so they can take advantage of it too.  <response>: HnR block are the biggest thieves in the tax return world 