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Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by andrekandre »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #26
leptons wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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It's gotten outright infuriating that people keep blaming government for bad initiatives that are solely the fault of Republicans. Getting real tired of people blaming "both sides" for everything bad the government does as if it's some sort of morally or intellectually superior viewpoint. It's a thought-ending cliche. Sure, both sides are drone-striking warmongers. Both sides are basically owned by corporations. But…

  > blaming government for bad initiatives that are solely the fault of Republicans
its like that by design; the worse things get the more reactionary people become, and the more likely they will vote for people who decry it loudly...

Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by leptons »

andrekandre wrote: post #31
Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's gotten outright infuriating that people keep blaming government for bad initiatives that are solely the fault of Republicans. Getting real tired of people blaming "both sides" for everything bad the government does as if it's some sort of morally or intellectually superior viewpoint. It's a thought-ending cliche. Sure, both sides are drone-striking warmongers. Both sides are basically owned by corporations. But…

> blaming government for bad initiatives that are solely the fault of Republicans its like that by design; the worse things get the more reactionary people become, and the more likely they will vote for people who decry it loudly...

Except they voted for the guy that lied and lied and lied. Whatever happened to the immigrants eating cats and dogs in Ohio? Nothing, that's what. It was bald-faced lie. And people believed it and still voted for the insurrectionist. The problem with this country is low-IQ, hateful, spiteful voters.

Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by elijahwright_ »

1oooqooq wrote: post #29
elijahwright_ wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the code they released was everything that is necessary to run Direct File in development, but they removed code relating to MeF (the IRS's online submission API) and SADI (the IRS's auth system which is integrated with ID.me). most of the code is the backend, Fact Graph (which is a very complex rules engine), the client app (both the form and the screener when you go to directfile.irs.gov), and the state tax API

so it is the mostly useless system that only works for a single w2 :( 99.999% of people here would never be able to use it anyway.

it works with multiple W-2s I'm pretty sure. the goal is to make it work for everyone which is pretty difficult but I'm motivated to at least work on getting it to work with IRAs because I have one and I want to use this for next year

Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by andrekandre »

leptons wrote: post #32
andrekandre wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> blaming government for bad initiatives that are solely the fault of Republicans its like that by design; the worse things get the more reactionary people become, and the more likely they will vote for people who decry it loudly...

Except they voted for the guy that lied and lied and lied. Whatever happened to the immigrants eating cats and dogs in Ohio? Nothing, that's what. It was bald-faced lie. And people believed it and still voted for the insurrectionist. The problem with this country is low-IQ, hateful, spiteful voters.

  > Whatever happened to the immigrants eating cats and dogs in Ohio? Nothing, that's what. It was bald-faced lie. And people believed it
i have no idea if people actually believed it or just wanted what they wanted and ignored it (cognitive dissonance?) but like most recent elections the votes of the battleground states is the decider, and like 2016, issues there were not appreciated sufficiently and we got what we got... people are spiteful and ignorant but they've didn't have to win this time or last imo

Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by leptons »

shiroiuma wrote: post #28
leptons wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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It's a distinction without a difference. The Republican party is the government now. It's what Americans voted for.

No, it is a very important distinction. Only one side is fascist authoritarian, the other side has no power to stop them. It's not "the US government", it's 100% Republicans. Yes, "it's what Americans" voted for", but even that is debatable. Quite a lot of America didn't even vote, were prevented from voting, and there's evidence of irregularities in the results. But yes, Republicans won, and they are doing their best to dismantle democracy. The Left is nothing like them at all, so the distinction is very important. Both sides are not the same.

Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by hackingonempty »

citizenpaul wrote: post #18
hermannj314 wrote: post #13

For what it is worth, the Big Beautiful Bill contains this gem... As soon as practicable, and not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that the Internal Revenue Service Direct File program has been terminated. (This is the text of the bill on the website as of the time I posted this, it can change or be wrong now. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119t…

Not that I needed any more proof of how disgustingly anti-human the government has become. So depressing.

Intuit is owned by humans.

Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by 1oooqooq »

elijahwright_ wrote: post #33
1oooqooq wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

so it is the mostly useless system that only works for a single w2 :( 99.999% of people here would never be able to use it anyway.

it works with multiple W-2s I'm pretty sure. the goal is to make it work for everyone which is pretty difficult but I'm motivated to at least work on getting it to work with IRAs because I have one and I want to use this for next year

is this official but incomplete code better than the always open source but mostly complete open tax solver project?

Re: Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

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Post by elijahwright_ »

1oooqooq wrote: post #37
elijahwright_ wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it works with multiple W-2s I'm pretty sure. the goal is to make it work for everyone which is pretty difficult but I'm motivated to at least work on getting it to work with IRAs because I have one and I want to use this for next year

is this official but incomplete code better than the always open source but mostly complete open tax solver project?

I wouldn't know but at least this code has a good foundation to add onto
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