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<p> CalFile is the current <a href="/facts/Tax_preparation/z4uPYXuH">tax preparation</a> program/service of the <a href="/facts/California_Franchise_Tax_Board/re8EEPQb">California Franchise Tax Board</a> (FTB). </p><p>ReadyReturn is the former <a href="/facts/Tax_preparation/z4uPYXuH">tax preparation</a> program initiated by the FTB as a <a href="/facts/Pilot_experiment/MlAyYHnP">pilot</a> in 2005, tax returns for the 2004 tax year, based on their 2003 tax data, went out to 51,850 taxpayers receiving a "pre-populated" form based on financial information reported to the FTB by employers and banks. Recipients were single, no-dependents, standard-deduction, only-wage-income, one-employer, with a maximum adjusted gross income of $139,917. The purpose of ReadyReturn was to make it easier for taxpayers to file their returns, and to make the filing process more accurate and faster. </p><p>CalFile and ReadyReturn at one point coexisted for different taxpayer categories. In 2015, ReadyReturn's best features were included in CalFile, and ReadyReturn was no longer a separate program. </p>