I have a feeling that the current government wants to transfer as much power as possible from the government agencies to private companies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/filing-taxes-could-be-fre...
The only consistent theme of this administration is it simply doesn't like nice things. It is looking for new and interesting ways to be cruel. And that's explanation enough for its motivations.
“Justice? Tranquility? Welfare? All this, and a union? Absolutely not!”
If it's something that benefits ordinary people, they want it dead and buried. If it's something that benefits large corporations or the very wealthy, they want it to thrive.
https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a...
Excerpt: Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted Monday on his social media site that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS’ Direct File program.