The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
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Hurry up and clone that ASAP, this is gonna get taken down once DOGE realizes what it is
More likely they'll just turn off or unpublish the API that it depends on.
Recreating the API seems doable? If we can recreate dead MMO servers…
Are you comparing online game servers to the American tax system? Because I really want a ban.
What really pisses me off is that their anti-cheat forces me to use dogeOS
Well, you probably could. Issue is that you can't self host the IRS. If they aren't running the service that accepts the data there isn't much you can do.
Direct File interprets the United States' Internal Revenue Code (26 USC) as plain language questions, the answers to which should be known to taxpayers without need of external instructions or publications. Taxpayers' answers are then translated into standard tax forms and transmitted to the IRS's Modernized e-File (MeF) API, which is available for authorized public use
That was my thought too and I did so but it's been up for over a week now.
I wonder if this could be altered to work for other countries
We've already got free software for filing taxes, kthxbye!
Oh that's good to know what's it's called
It would be nice but I think it is not really possible. Too many difference in the laws I suppose.
Yeah, tax software is hyper-tailored to the tax law, which is why it needs to get an update every year.
I can see the EU funding it. This could be a measure to allow Blue States circumvent the federal system - a CaliTAX, AlohaTAX, ect. This would be vital during a civil war scenario, so that the Blue States can having working taxation systems without having to redo everything.
because this is the first pull request and something many people will see, I would like to say that I learned from a former project manager at the IRS that development on Direct File has stopped since January. the source code is only public because of federal law. it's not likely that this is going to be merged but it's possible that the components of Direct File might be used elsewhere
Don't get your hopes up too much.