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The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced (www.404media.co)
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[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 80 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

only if the corporate citizen promises really hard we can trust them. like a super promise.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also we have to pay them whenever we want to use the code. Yes.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

you bought it, why shouldn't you also rent it?

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly! Twice the value for my tax dollar!

Not that I've ever paid taxes, but, you know, if my accounting department all suddenly died in mid march some year, and i wasnt operated out of a PO box in a tax shelter, i bet i mightve had to.

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All of the sweet, sweet gross domestic product statistics. Mmm I love GDPness.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All that gdpness hot and throbbing in my mouth as i wrap my accounting department around it, and extract everything i can. I'll be methodical, ruthless, and messy, as i extract every last bit.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Maybe we can do a three way where i let our hot cia affiliated friend tickle your labor while i do?

You know, for your birthday?

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We need better than that. We need a pinky promise.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's impractical, because for a pinky promise, you need to actually lock pinkies. We need a surrogate, like maybe the Commander in Chief?

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think we should ask Chuck Schumer. He's really good at getting things done.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Perfect, and since he's in his 70s, he has all of that experience keeping promises to draw on.