The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
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Also we have to pay them whenever we want to use the code. Yes.
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“All code paid for by taxpayer dollars should be open source, available for comment, for feedback, for people to build on and for people in other agencies to replicate. It saves everyone money and it is our [taxpayers’] IP,” she said. “This is just good government and should absolutely be the standard that government technologists are held to.”"
Nice sentiment, but bad take. Open-sourcing the software that runs our military equipment would be a fantastic gift to the bad actors of the world.
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TurboTax owned buy intuit, part of H&R block who has partnered with credit karma. Everything is a monopoly now
I'm pretty sure intuit and h&r block are competitors, not the same compamy.
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Also we have to pay them whenever we want to use the code. Yes.
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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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then the code maintainers are doing it wrong.
Any information that shouldn't be public knowledge such as specs, account credentials, access tokens etc should be in a configurable/dynamic format such as an ENV variable or a config file, that way confidential info isn't part of the working tree.
This should not be an issue in a properly maintained codebase.
I think when it comes to the code that controls the navigation, control, detonation, etc, or our munitions, that perhaps that should not be publicly reviewable. Not because of hacking concerns, but it does give info to a potential enemy that could render them less effective.
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I'm pretty sure intuit and h&r block are competitors, not the same compamy.
You are correct.
Here's an annoying thing i just learned about H&R Block:
As of 2022, H&R Block's tax preparation service shares user data with Facebook, which can be used for targeted advertising. This can include sensitive financial information from health savings accounts and college expenses, and this tax data is shared without consent even for users who opt out of the service.
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“All code paid for by taxpayer dollars should be open source, available for comment, for feedback, for people to build on and for people in other agencies to replicate. It saves everyone money and it is our [taxpayers’] IP,” she said. “This is just good government and should absolutely be the standard that government technologists are held to.”"
Nice sentiment, but bad take. Open-sourcing the software that runs our military equipment would be a fantastic gift to the bad actors of the world.
I'm sure there are exceptions for classified systems. Personally, I do believe all things developed by tax payer money should be released to the public including classified systems, given enough time has passed that the release of such information wouldn't put anything or anyone at risk.
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Dunno, sounds like some fucking commie shit to be. And not the kind i can someyimes get on board with when it comes time to do secret police shebanigans, but the bad scary kind where they dont even have a use for police.
Wouldn't it be better to just give the code for free to a good corporate citizen who can be entrusted with its stewardship?
Edit: yes of course we rent it back!
/s dude, this is the Internet and you are not a person with a widely known stance.
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Dunno, sounds like some fucking commie shit to be. And not the kind i can someyimes get on board with when it comes time to do secret police shebanigans, but the bad scary kind where they dont even have a use for police.
Wouldn't it be better to just give the code for free to a good corporate citizen who can be entrusted with its stewardship?
Edit: yes of course we rent it back!
Bro why are people downvoting this when it is so clearly a joke
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/s dude, this is the Internet and you are not a person with a widely known stance.
The candle that burns half as bright burns twice as long, and you, my child, will burn so very long.
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Bro why are people downvoting this when it is so clearly a joke
I can think of two reasons and both of them are hilarious.
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THIS is the way.
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The candle that burns half as bright burns twice as long, and you, my child, will burn so very long.
Sick "burn", but still a bit uncalled for, don't you think?
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HA get fucked turbotax
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Sick "burn", but still a bit uncalled for, don't you think?
Perhaps i should have said hot, but seriously; more fun to not.
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Bro why are people downvoting this when it is so clearly a joke
because its the internet in 2025 and we simply cannot tell anymore
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I wonder if this could be altered to work for other countries
I can see the EU funding it. This could be a measure to allow Blue States circumvent the federal system - a CaliTAX, AlohaTAX, ect. This would be vital during a civil war scenario, so that the Blue States can having working taxation systems without having to redo everything.
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Recreating the API seems doable? If we can recreate dead MMO servers…
Well, you probably could. Issue is that you can't self host the IRS. If they aren't running the service that accepts the data there isn't much you can do.
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I wonder if this could be altered to work for other countries
We've already got free software for filing taxes, kthxbye!
