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  • Isn't it great to have a government that serves corporations and not its people!
    by voidhorse
  • Why won't a non-profit pick up the open-source code they released and modify it for 2026?

    Everybody seems to care about this issue so much, so this feels like an extremely high-impact thing to do.

    by miki123211
  • Paying a private company so you can pay the government.

    You guys need to raise your expectations.

    by agentbellnorm
  • Meanwhile in pretty much all other nations you go online to the free website, see your employer contributions already filled in and acknowledge they are correct for the year, add any extra income, check boxes for relevant deductions and you’re done.
    by AnotherGoodName
  • Citizens United.

    The decision that remorseless, logistical apparitions, that exist only to make money should have the same rights as US citizens was the single most destructive court decision in the last 50 years.

    by ryandvm
  • Money well spent

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-makers-turbotax-gave-trum...

    by jordanb
  • I just looked up https://directfile.irs.gov/. While it says closed, the testimonies on this site speak to how easy the filing was. Almost feels like it is intentional to keep rest of the site as is with a small banner on top announcing the closure, as a way to hint at this stupid move by the administration.
    by MinimalAction
  • https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file <- Direct File's web app source code is public-domain and published on GitHub!

    Obviously the 2025 version will be out of date for the 2026 filing season, though public code means it can always be revived by anyone else.

    (previous HN threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44182356 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44131901 )

    by hyperrail

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