[Novalug] Tax Software Example

[Michael Stone]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 04:00:45PM -0500, Keith Casey wrote:
>To bring this back to Linux...  expecting the IRS to know and
>understand the entirety of the tax code is like expecting Linus to
>known why Firefox crashes when you "do this".

The funny thing is, they've already implemented the logic for their 
e-submission and auditing programs, they're just not allowed to let the 
public use it. (Hell, the people who give you turbotax do the same 
thing. Will it work in all cases? No--but there's nothing that says that 
a one-legged retired veteran railroad worker and oil magnate *has* to 
use the simple web interface instead of a CPA.) This is a very different 
thing than trying to argue that since "Bob" on the other end of the IRS 
line told you that you could deduct $15k for you dog's education that 
you should be able to do it.

Mike Stone