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

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242 points elijahwright_ | 2 comments | 30 Jun 25 22:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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hermannj314 ◴[01 Jul 25 16:35 UTC] No.44435616[source]▶
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/119th-congress/house-bill/1/te...)

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citizenpaul ◴[01 Jul 25 17:43 UTC] No.44436314[source]▶
Not that I needed any more proof of how disgustingly anti-human the government has become. So depressing.
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leptons[dead post] ◴[01 Jul 25 18:21 UTC] No.44436707[source]▶
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1. shiroiuma ◴[02 Jul 25 04:43 UTC] No.44440322[source]▶
It's a distinction without a difference. The Republican party is the government now. It's what Americans voted for.
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2. leptons ◴[03 Jul 25 01:35 UTC] No.44450750[source]▶
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.