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		formerkrogemp on April 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TurboTax’s fight against free tax filing Becoming a CPA sucks. You need 150 credit hours, pass 4 exams with 50% pass rate, and usually needs 1 year of qualified experience to qualify. Programming is so much easier to get into.

JAlexoid on April 19, 2022 [–]

It's intentional. The whole point is to protect the jobs from competition.

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