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[Discuss] Finance software for Linux



On 01/14/2015 10:16 AM, Jack Coats wrote:
> Doing this system got me to understand US taxes.  Convoluted.. Yes.
> Logical.. Yes[once you dig in deep enough].  Every tax simplification act
> has only added complexity.  To truly simplify we must toss out all old
> rules and start the system over, not just patch on fixes.
>
This last statement not only applies to the tax code, but also to just
about every piece of software. You tend to fix bugs, and over time the
code becomes unmaintainable.

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