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This sounds extremely like my old tax accounting job. OCR existed and "worked" but it was faster to just enter the numbers manually than fix all the errors. A
by j_timberlake 2y ago
This sounds extremely like my old tax accounting job. OCR existed and "worked" but it was faster to just enter the numbers manually than fix all the errors.
Also, the real solution to the problem should have been for the IRS to just pre-fill tax returns with all the accounting data that they obviously already have. But that would require the government to care.
- Andrex 2y agoThey finally made filing free. So, maybe this century?
- kennyloginz 2y agoCheck again, Elon and his Doge team killed that.
- happyopossum 2y agoNo they didn’t, that claim is ridiculously easy to debunk but it has been going around because it fits the narrative.
- djeastm 2y agoIt'd be nicer if you wouldn't presume to know the reasons people might believe erroneous information. In this case, the reason for the misinformation is do to the lack of communication from the DOGE entity regarding their actions. Mr. Musk wrote via Tweet that he had "deleted" the digital services agency "18F" that develops the IRS Free File program and also deleted their X account. https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a92f9f29c310721af53f58b16 https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-musk-18f-6a4dc35a... If indeed he did cut the agency, it remains to be see how long the application will be operational.
- eternauta3k 2y agoGermany (not exactly the cradle of digitalization) already auto-fills salary tax fields with data from the employer.