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- * Let's build a public domain open source tax engine so all Americans can do their taxes using simple copy and paste.
+ Let's build a public domain open source tax engine so all Americans can do their taxes using simple copy and paste.
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community.scroll
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- * In addition to the GitHub, today I created a Subreddit and Twitter for the CopyPasteTaxes project.
+ In addition to the GitHub, today I created a Subreddit and Twitter for the CopyPasteTaxes project.
- * I am confident in the technology and believe if we can build a community we can solve this problem for the American people.
+ I am confident in the technology and believe if we can build a community we can solve this problem for the American people.
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- * Website
+ Website
- * Here is a list of alternatives considered and related links.
+ Here is a list of alternatives considered and related links.
- https://github.com/ustaxes/UsTaxes
- https://sites.google.com/view/incometaxspreadsheet/home
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- https://openfisca.org/en
- https://github.com/MLanguage/mlang
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- * At this stage there are more questions than answers.
+ At this stage there are more questions than answers.
- * Another way to ask this question—what are all the forms that the IRS accepts from citizens that the citizen has to fill out?
+ Another way to ask this question—what are all the forms that the IRS accepts from citizens that the citizen has to fill out?
- * These forms can be thought of as the "compile targets". CopyPasteTaxes will be a Tree Language that "compiles" (aka generates) these final forms.
+ These forms can be thought of as the "compile targets". CopyPasteTaxes will be a Tree Language that "compiles" (aka generates) these final forms.
- * These forms may be PDF. Or maybe XML. Or JSON. Or something else. I'm not sure what the IRS accepts. This is something to figure out.
+ These forms may be PDF. Or maybe XML. Or JSON. Or something else. I'm not sure what the IRS accepts. This is something to figure out.
- * It will be good to see how many types of forms there are, who files what, and how many are filed each year (and trends).
+ It will be good to see how many types of forms there are, who files what, and how many are filed each year (and trends).
- * These would be things like W2's and 1099's. How many of these types of forms are there?
+ These would be things like W2's and 1099's. How many of these types of forms are there?
- * How many does the average citizen send in each year?
+ How many does the average citizen send in each year?
- * My guess is these forms we just need to understand in terms of what fields we'd need to extract for the language for copying into the compile targets.
+ My guess is these forms we just need to understand in terms of what fields we'd need to extract for the language for copying into the compile targets.
- * Who has made some great checklists on every workflow that can happen with the IRS?
+ Who has made some great checklists on every workflow that can happen with the IRS?
- * This one will probably be a real snoozer. What are the all calcuations necessary to help figure out the right numbers to put in the compile targets?
+ This one will probably be a real snoozer. What are the all calcuations necessary to help figure out the right numbers to put in the compile targets?
- * Should CopyPasteTaxes only do personal taxes? What about for self-employed people? It may be hard to only do personal, as that might exclude self-employed people, who may be the ones who most need CopyPasteTaxes.
+ Should CopyPasteTaxes only do personal taxes? What about for self-employed people? It may be hard to only do personal, as that might exclude self-employed people, who may be the ones who most need CopyPasteTaxes.
- * Federal is first, but then how can we make it so we compile to other state level targets as well?
+ Federal is first, but then how can we make it so we compile to other state level targets as well?
- * Should CopyPasteTaxes help with itemized expenses? What would that entail? Would a sub DSL for receipts make sense?
+ Should CopyPasteTaxes help with itemized expenses? What would that entail? Would a sub DSL for receipts make sense?
- * Everyone knows April 15th. What are the other dates to have on the calendar?
+ Everyone knows April 15th. What are the other dates to have on the calendar?
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- * It looks like a single person committed one dollar to the crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, although at this time I cannot confirm that it was not just a software bug. According to my earlier checklist the proper course of action now then is to "return to other things".
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+ It looks like a single person committed one dollar to the crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, although at this time I cannot confirm that it was not just a software bug. According to my earlier checklist the proper course of action now then is to "return to other things".
+ ./announcing-copypastetaxes.html checklist
- * The main problem with giving up on this is I'm pretty darn confident that this tech is the proper way to solve this problem, and maybe I shouldn't let a complete and utter lack of sales, business, and marketing talent extinguish the dream. Plus, I still have to do my damn taxes every year and it's going to keep annoying me to not do things the right way.
+ The main problem with giving up on this is I'm pretty darn confident that this tech is the proper way to solve this problem, and maybe I shouldn't let a complete and utter lack of sales, business, and marketing talent extinguish the dream. Plus, I still have to do my damn taxes every year and it's going to keep annoying me to not do things the right way.
- * I spoke to some entrepreneurs interested in the space as a business opportunity and I could see if you had the right team around this idea how perhaps it could be a good bet. The very least I can do is flesh out a prototype.
+ I spoke to some entrepreneurs interested in the space as a business opportunity and I could see if you had the right team around this idea how perhaps it could be a good bet. The very least I can do is flesh out a prototype.
- * So despite the atrocious Indiegogo go, I have decided to invest at least a few more hours into building something that you can click some buttons.
+ So despite the atrocious Indiegogo go, I have decided to invest at least a few more hours into building something that you can click some buttons.
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- * Your taxes should be a single text file that is easy to read. You should be able to use a nice spreadsheet to do it or a plain old notepad. Filling out your taxes each year should mostly just be updating a few lines in that text/file, and copy pasting the whole thing into IRS.gov. Experts who understand the deductions should be able to provide snippets that you can copy/paste into your taxes.
+ Your taxes should be a single text file that is easy to read. You should be able to use a nice spreadsheet to do it or a plain old notepad. Filling out your taxes each year should mostly just be updating a few lines in that text/file, and copy pasting the whole thing into IRS.gov. Experts who understand the deductions should be able to provide snippets that you can copy/paste into your taxes.
- * The whole thing should take just a few minutes per year, and you should be able to do it yourself, for free, if you so choose.
+ The whole thing should take just a few minutes per year, and you should be able to do it yourself, for free, if you so choose.
- * A tiny demonstration of how it will work can be found here.
+ A tiny demonstration of how it will work can be found here.
- * Here's the plan.
+ Here's the plan.
- ✅ Start the community
- ✅ Build a dumb little working demo
- ✅ Make a screencast
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- 🔲 If enough people care, build the thing.
- 🔲 If not, return to other things.
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- * Today I launched a crowdfunding campaign as one way to gauge interest in the CopyPasteTaxes project.
+ Today I launched a crowdfunding campaign as one way to gauge interest in the CopyPasteTaxes project.
- * If we can get to $50,000, this will become a real thing.
+ If we can get to $50,000, this will become a real thing.
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