2017 Tax Software Developer's Guides and Test Cases

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Post by _jn » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 9:57 PM UTC

2017 Tax Software Developer's Guides and Test Cases
mass.gov

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#2

Post by kss238 » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 12:10 AM UTC

A government website with a decent mobile version. Is this a first?

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Post by mehrdadn » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 12:22 AM UTC

kss238 wrote: post #2

A government website with a decent mobile version. Is this a first?

The desktop version is ridiculously huge though. I need to zoom to 66% to get a reasonable view.

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Post by AndrewOMartin » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 1:01 AM UTC

kss238 wrote: post #2

A government website with a decent mobile version. Is this a first?

The UK Government websites are quite well known for their accessibility. Here's an arbitrary page as an example: https://www.gov.uk/check-income-tax-last-year

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Post by transfire » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 1:01 AM UTC

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

You know this country has gone right into the dink when TDD is needed to get our fancy calculators to do our taxes.

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Post by microcolonel » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 1:49 AM UTC

Good to have it, better not to need it.

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Post by sowhatquestion » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 2:49 AM UTC

Very impressive. Does the federal government have anything comparable to this?

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Post by craftyguy » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 3:38 AM UTC

sowhatquestion wrote: post #7

Very impressive. Does the federal government have anything comparable to this?

That is the federal government.

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Post by hshehehjdjdjd » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC

craftyguy wrote: post #8

sowhatquestion wrote: post #7

Very impressive. Does the federal government have anything comparable to this?

That is the federal government.

No, it is the government of Massachusetts.

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Post by _jn » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 3:59 AM UTC

sowhatquestion wrote: post #7

Very impressive. Does the federal government have anything comparable to this?

That's actually what I was looking for when I found this. Sadly, it doesn't look like there is (but contact me if you find one!)