Did you have to file for an extension with the IRS? You might have used an online application provided by tax software companies, which a pair of House lawmakers want to make a permanent tool for lower-income families who want to file their taxes online.

“You can see where the IRS already has more than it can deal with, so the idea of having an officially sanctioned private sector initiative is incredibly helpful at avoiding some of the pressure at the Internal Revenue Service,” Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam, who filed the legislation alongside Ron Kind, D-Wis., told the Washington Examiner.

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