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    DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days ago

    The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

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    The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

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    DesertDwellingWeirdo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days ago
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    Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
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      only if the corporate citizen promises really hard we can trust them. like a super promise.

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        Also we have to pay them whenever we want to use the code. Yes.

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          you bought it, why shouldn’t you also rent it?

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            Exactly! Twice the value for my tax dollar!

            Not that I’ve ever paid taxes, but, you know, if my accounting department all suddenly died in mid march some year, and i wasnt operated out of a PO box in a tax shelter, i bet i mightve had to.

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              All of the sweet, sweet gross domestic product statistics. Mmm I love GDPness.

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                All that gdpness hot and throbbing in my mouth as i wrap my accounting department around it, and extract everything i can. I’ll be methodical, ruthless, and messy, as i extract every last bit.

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                  Maybe we can do a three way where i let our hot cia affiliated friend tickle your labor while i do?

                  You know, for your birthday?

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        We need better than that. We need a pinky promise.

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          That’s impractical, because for a pinky promise, you need to actually lock pinkies. We need a surrogate, like maybe the Commander in Chief?

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            I think we should ask Chuck Schumer. He’s really good at getting things done.

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              Perfect, and since he’s in his 70s, he has all of that experience keeping promises to draw on.

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