Professor Joseph Bankman is quoted in The New York Sun in an article about the tax stimulus package and the implications of filing electronically, and how those issues might affect tax preparers:

A professor of tax law at Stanford University, Joseph Bankman, said the study was endorsing what amounted to a subsidy of online tax preparation firms like Intuit and H&R Block.

"It's a pretty good business to be in," he said. "Everyone who wants to file electronically, the only way to file electronically is through you."