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The IRS should open-source at least the ‘rules’ part of the code, with enough functionality to let people add new forms. I think they’d get a lot of contributio
by kwertyoowiyop 3y ago
The IRS should open-source at least the ‘rules’ part of the code, with enough functionality to let people add new forms. I think they’d get a lot of contributions and good QA.
- EMIRELADERO 3y agoThe IRS seems subject to FOIA. I wonder if people could get together and request that.
- HenrikB 3y agoFOIA = Freedom of Information Act (United States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(...
- malshe 3y agoThis is very interesting. Is it difficult and/or expensive to file FOIA? I have never done it but I am aware of a few academic friends who have used it for their research work. However, I believe their universities handled the paperwork and expenses.
- sentientslug 3y agoNo, it’s generally free or subject to small fees to cover labor involved in processing the requests. It’s how all these YouTube channels with police bodycam footage have become so popular.
- malshe 3y agoThanks
- gamblor956 3y agoThe rules part of the tax code has been open source for a century. It's called the Federal Register.
- kwertyoowiyop 3y agoI meant the program’s code, to add more of the tax rules and forms to it.
- gamblor956 3y agoWhat is the point? The IRS would never accept external commits, since there is too great a possibility of malicious code being inserted. It would require vastly more resources to verify external commits are safe and comply with losses and regulations than it would to simply do everything themselves.
- kwertyoowiyop 3y agoI think review and approval would be faster than the coding, but certainly would need testing. Just adding tests would be valuable too.