Misses the mark entirely. Massive lobbying by Intuit and other has prevented the IRS from providing the calculation engine and associated services as a public g

Misses the mark entirely. Massive lobbying by Intuit and other has prevented the IRS from providing the calculation engine and associated services as a public good. Lobbying also promotes complexity of the tax code, so preparation costs remain higher. Or, the Stripe API for taxes can exist, but it should not be part of for-profit enterprises. Part of the function of each tax agency (federal and state, at least) is maintaining a tax calc engine, so it’s not as ludicrous a proposition as other gov’t IT might be.