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

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242 points elijahwright_ | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 22:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.249s | source

the IRS recently open sourced most of Direct File, a tax tool it has been working on for a few years now. unfortunately, due to recent events, the IRS isn't working on it anymore. I decided to pick up where they left off and I'm trying to get it ready for next tax season

the work behind Direct File is really interesting and I made a lot of it available online to read as well - https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/

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1oooqooq ◴[01 Jul 25 10:43 UTC] No.44432514[source]▶
never understood exactly what is the code they released. is it just the from filler that only works for people with a single w2 and no stocks etc?
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1. toomuchtodo ◴[01 Jul 25 14:28 UTC] No.44434238[source]▶
IRS Direct File on GitHub - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44182356 - June 2025

https://chrisgiven.com/2025/06/saying-goodbye/

https://chrisgiven.com/2025/05/direct-file-on-github/

https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file

(In the latest version of the bill being negotiated in Congress, the language to sunset Direct File has been removed, but this of course could change due to the fluidity of the situation; regardless, we are all better off having learned from this and having access to the source code)