zakpatterson

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   by zakpatterson 4y ago

   Awesome
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   by zakpatterson 4y ago

   This is actually a bit of an annoying problem for us! All the 1040 instructions say to round all figures at the end. So it is expected that you would have a few cases of 1.49 + 1.49 = 3 showing as 1 + 1 = 3. But the freefilefillableforms su
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   by zakpatterson 5y ago

   Partial year residency is an annoying issue. This is not one of the ways we're solving it though!
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   by zakpatterson 5y ago

   Can you elaborate about consequences? You might not know the edge case exists, but out of all the people that have that edge case hopefully there is one that does know about it and can implement the fix. Also I'd be curious to know wha
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   by zakpatterson 5y ago

   It's hard for me to understand what you mean. First of all I'm one of the maintainers on the project. Handling people between two tax-brackets doesn't seem like a problem. A spreadsheet might be simple for you dealing with yo
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   by zakpatterson 5y ago

   Open source can solve this problem. Any service you choose might be missing your edge case. But if you can see all the code and figure out where to plug in your edge case, then you can contribute it for all users in the future to enjoy. We&
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   by zakpatterson 5y ago

   I think there are multiple hurdles to getting e-file to work. The biggest hurdle in my view is that e-file requires an intermediary between the payer and the IRS. One of the benefits of this program is that it runs on the user's comput
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   by zakpatterson 5y ago

   It's admittedly minimalist on purpose, but you can get a 1040 PDF on your phone, that's pretty nice. What would you change?
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   by zakpatterson 5y ago

   No data transacts to any server. It's just a static client side site that stores data in your browser's LocalStorage. And it does run on desktop as a standalone application (5 MB!)
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    by zakpatterson 5y ago

    Schedule D is implemented, and the long-term capital gains worksheet calculations are done, but 8949 and individual non-reported positions are not implemented yet.
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    by zakpatterson 5y ago

    Ideally an open-source project where hundreds of contributors can add small contributions based on their specific knowledge might produce a viable non-commercial option.
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    by zakpatterson 5y ago

    Thanks for that feedback, having source material links in the comments is definitely a good idea. I've added an issue to track that based on your feedback: https://github.com/ustaxes/UsTaxes/issues/458 A
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    by zakpatterson 5y ago

    Thanks for those points. How would you suggest prioritizing implementation of each item? It has been nice working with new contributors that have specific knowledge of such issues. The core team is two people, and we're lucky to have n
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    by zakpatterson 5y ago

    Thanks for the write-up. I thought we would be protected because calculations are done using decimal places and then the final return is prepared using rounded integers. But we have heard this a few times, so I think it would be good to mak