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Technically, you don't have to. You can always file for free by filling out and mailing in the paper forms. It's just a major PITA and the money you save is rarely worth the amount of time and effort it takes.
Incorrect, if you make less than 73k a year (single) you can use many professional tax preparation software for free. https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free I make more and was still able to do it for free using FreeTaxUSA for my federal income taxes. some states offer free state taxes (a bit more tedious than doing it on one system since you have to reenter information)
I do it because it's fucking ridiculous and I refuse to spend a penny on tax prep services.
Why not use free software like TaxHawk? It's been around for a while. At least since HR Block and TurboTax started charging people a few years ago.
Up until last year, our bank gave us a significant discount on TurboTax, so it wasn't worth shopping around. Then TurboTax raised their prices. As for TaxHawk, I wasn't aware they existed, but I'll maybe take a look this coming tax season.