The pilot program will be open to certain residents of thirteen states that have simple returns: I believe Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New York, Alaska, Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Washington, and Wyoming. The first four states have decided to opt in. The last nine states do not have a state individual income tax return. I do not think this will have much of a short-term effect on paid tax professionals. But will it follow the trajectory (over the long term) that the e-file program did? The 1040 IRS e-file program was initially voluntary. I believe their goal was approximately 80% of filers using this, but I believe they did not even reach approximately 50%, until they mandated it. What do you guys think, including @IRonMaN