[tallowen]

It's nice to see an open sourced implementation of the US tax code! This was part of the IRS Direct File codebase that allowed people to file their taxes for free, directly with the IRS. It was canceled earlier this year by the Trump administration. It looks like the Fact Graph was already opensourced a couple months ago and that version of the factgraph lives here: https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file/tree/main/direct-f...

I'm curious why a second repository was created for this.

[ronbenton]

I wonder too. Perhaps the intent is for it to be standalone for general usage and not just as a part of the direct file project?

[Twisol]

Seems so, according to this file: https://github.com/IRS-Public/fact-graph/blob/main/docs/from...

> The main changes are: [...] converting the fact-graph to a standalone library [...]

[infotainment]

I'm still disappointed that they got rid of Direct File, such a promising start...

[ronbenton]

Big W for the tax lobby, big L for the rest of us

[astrange]

It's still there. They like saying things and not doing them.

https://directfile.irs.gov

So it's always possible they'll just forget to shut it off.

[beej71]

I'm far beyond disappointed for that. I'm fucking pissed. Such stupid politicking that makes all of our lives shittier.

[mensetmanusman]

Build it and release for free.