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I imagine that establishing the technical relationship with the IRS is one of the bigger challenges, particularly for open source. Gotta love the "HN Weekender
by rhizome 8y ago
I imagine that establishing the technical relationship with the IRS is one of the bigger challenges, particularly for open source.
Gotta love the "HN Weekender" moxie, though!
- neya 8y agoDo I really need to deal with IRS? I know several softwares hand you over a filled out form that you submit online to IRS. Won't that be good enough for a alpha or v0.1?
- spiznnx 8y ago>that you submit online to IRS Do you have pointers on how you do this? I cannot find any self e-file on the IRS website. I thought it was either use eFile enabled software, or print and mail.
- huehehue 8y agoI believe you can only file certain forms, and even that varies based on whether you're filing for other people, whether you're self-employed, whether you make over $10M, etc. (https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/e-file-for-business-and-self-employed-taxpayers https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/e-file-for-business-and...) If you want to write e-file-enabled software for others I think you need to become an Authorized e-file Provider (https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/become-an-authorized-e-file-provider https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/become-an-authorized-e-...)