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This work excites me a lot, but I can’t help but wonder if this should be a government-funded rather than volunteer-driven effort.

• carbocation 5y ago
  Government funded efforts can be disrupted by the tax software lobby.
• donw 5y ago
  Should be, yes. Will be, no. Tax preparation is a multi-billion dollar industry.
• schiho 5y ago
  It can start as an open source project and can end up goverment-funded.
• jjeaff 5y ago
  The IRS has to program all the rules into their system anyway. If they could simply standardize those rules into a git controlled Yaml file or something better suited, keeping software updated could be made rather easy for open source projects.
  • _hl_ 5y ago
    The French tax office for example has created a programming language in which the legally binding tax code is defined.