 for the total cost that's been reported so far that's about eight hundred thousand dollars per taxpayer who were able to use this program you know and there are some conflicts of interest because the irs is designed to maximize revenue receipts for the federal government and now we're going to trust them to you know make sure the taxpayers are getting all of the breaks that they would be eligible for that's why so many people use um use a prepared server or service or use a software to help them file