[GreedClarifies]

From the article and from a poster below:

"For the pilot participants will have to enter their own financial information, the I.R.S. said."

It is indeed a complete waste of taxpayer money unless they actually prefill with the IRS' data.

[simtel20]

Why would you say that? If a taxpayer can copy the fields from their w-2 and have it provide a straightforward and correct filing without trying to divert them to dark patterns trying to steal money from them, that is a huge benefit.

[dimal]

Consider it an MVP.