Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted

Posted by elijahwright_ 12 hours ago

Show HN: A continuation of IRS Direct File that can be self-hosted(github.com)

the IRS recently open sourced most of Direct File, a tax tool it has been working on for a few years now. unfortunately, due to recent events, the IRS isn't working on it anymore. I decided to pick up where they left off and I'm trying to get it ready for next tax season

the work behind Direct File is really interesting and I made a lot of it available online to read as well - https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/

66 points | 4 comments

onetom 1 minute ago|

the https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/direct-file.html link in the readme results in 404

nxobject 4 hours ago|

Thanks so much for keeping this going, and for the late 18F for open-sourcing these implementations... I hope there's a way we can institutionalize your efforts.

As a side note, when the documentation page is viewed in a dark mode browser, I see black text on black background (https://docs.openfile.tax/en/latest/).

elijahwright_ 2 hours ago|

I'll fix the docs today, thanks

McAlpine5892 2 hours ago||

Thank you for your work