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[Discuss] Finance software for Linux



Maybe. But it won't happen

On 01/14/2015 03:26 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote:
>
> The US govt. (IRS) should provide the tax filing software or service
> -- like other countries do.
>
> On Jan 14, 2015 10:33 AM, "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org
> <mailto:gaf at blu.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     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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