“Following the interview, however, Intuit’s head of communications contacted The Verge to ask that the testy exchange be cut from the interview, or otherwise heavily edited to make it seem less confrontational, such as by removing portions where they are talking over one another.”
Intuit CEO Sasan Saeedi got asked whether he would support the government just doing people’s taxes. His PR team then asked for the answer to disappear. Intuit spent $3.8 million in 2023 lobbying against the IRS’s Direct File. The IRS already knows what you earn, and a $171 billion company lives off charging you to tell it.