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commit 28f9f42b1b73bbe884db538cd215afa397e56e95
Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:38:09 2024 +0000 updated about.scroll diff --git a/about.scroll b/about.scroll index 8afd2c6..8be4f5b 100644 --- a/about.scroll +++ b/about.scroll @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -import header.scroll -groups index +header.scroll +tags index title About CopyPasteTaxes mediumColumns 1 -* Let's build a public domain open source tax engine so all Americans can do their taxes using simple copy and paste. +Let's build a public domain open source tax engine so all Americans can do their taxes using simple copy and paste. -image originalTaxReturn.jpeg +originalTaxReturn.jpeg caption The original US Income Tax Return was a single page -- 100x less complicated than our current one. Scientists say our brains have not gotten 100x larger. https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=415 original US Income Tax Return -import footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file +footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file ------------------------------------------------------------
commit 927c78b2977d87d6712f0667baf5003b2841f24a
Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:37:55 2024 +0000 updated community.scroll diff --git a/community.scroll b/community.scroll index 3edde7a..3f4684a 100644 --- a/community.scroll +++ b/community.scroll @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -import header.scroll -groups index +header.scroll +tags index title Subreddit, Twitter, and GitHub launched date 2021-02-06 2 thinColumns 1 -* In addition to the GitHub, today I created a Subreddit and Twitter for the CopyPasteTaxes project. +In addition to the GitHub, today I created a Subreddit and Twitter for the CopyPasteTaxes project. dateline https://www.reddit.com/r/CopyPasteTaxes Subreddit https://github.com/breck7/copypastetaxes GitHub https://twitter.com/copypastetaxes Twitter -* I am confident in the technology and believe if we can build a community we can solve this problem for the American people. +I am confident in the technology and believe if we can build a community we can solve this problem for the American people. -import footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file +footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file ------------------------------------------------------------
commit c99af6b5aa9775580d02bf5ab25dbdb19086550b
Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:37:41 2024 +0000 updated footer.scroll diff --git a/footer.scroll b/footer.scroll index 57231e3..5b1cd66 100644 --- a/footer.scroll +++ b/footer.scroll @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ importOnly endColumns -pageFooter +homeButton keyboardNav \ No newline at end of file ------------------------------------------------------------
commit 590df37b8911ba163f2ae4fa9ea0c29d3f2beb8b
Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:37:29 2024 +0000 updated readme.scroll diff --git a/readme.scroll b/readme.scroll index da32d16..3e66e7b 100644 --- a/readme.scroll +++ b/readme.scroll @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -import header.scroll +header.scroll title CopyPasteTaxes Readme thinColumns 2 -* Website +Website https://copypastetaxes.com ## Alternatives to CopyPasteTaxes and Related Links -* Here is a list of alternatives considered and related links. +Here is a list of alternatives considered and related links. - https://github.com/ustaxes/UsTaxes - https://sites.google.com/view/incometaxspreadsheet/home @@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ thinColumns 2 - https://openfisca.org/en - https://github.com/MLanguage/mlang -import footer.scroll +footer.scroll ------------------------------------------------------------
commit 4d03fb503e8927182bf63bf352110e7c50428108
Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:37:19 2024 +0000 updated questions.scroll diff --git a/questions.scroll b/questions.scroll index 0c3de2e..c4b5df2 100644 --- a/questions.scroll +++ b/questions.scroll @@ -1,53 +1,53 @@ -import header.scroll +header.scroll title Questions to Figure Out -groups index +tags index thinColumns 2 date 2021-02-22 -* At this stage there are more questions than answers. +At this stage there are more questions than answers. dateline ? What are the main compile targets? -* Another way to ask this question—what are all the forms that the IRS accepts from citizens that the citizen has to fill out? +Another way to ask this question—what are all the forms that the IRS accepts from citizens that the citizen has to fill out? -* These forms can be thought of as the "compile targets". CopyPasteTaxes will be a Tree Language that "compiles" (aka generates) these final forms. +These forms can be thought of as the "compile targets". CopyPasteTaxes will be a Tree Language that "compiles" (aka generates) these final forms. -* These forms may be PDF. Or maybe XML. Or JSON. Or something else. I'm not sure what the IRS accepts. This is something to figure out. +These forms may be PDF. Or maybe XML. Or JSON. Or something else. I'm not sure what the IRS accepts. This is something to figure out. -* It will be good to see how many types of forms there are, who files what, and how many are filed each year (and trends). +It will be good to see how many types of forms there are, who files what, and how many are filed each year (and trends). ? What are the supporting forms the IRS accepts? -* These would be things like W2's and 1099's. How many of these types of forms are there? +These would be things like W2's and 1099's. How many of these types of forms are there? -* How many does the average citizen send in each year? +How many does the average citizen send in each year? -* My guess is these forms we just need to understand in terms of what fields we'd need to extract for the language for copying into the compile targets. +My guess is these forms we just need to understand in terms of what fields we'd need to extract for the language for copying into the compile targets. ? What are the checklists? -* Who has made some great checklists on every workflow that can happen with the IRS? +Who has made some great checklists on every workflow that can happen with the IRS? ? What are the formulas and business logic? -* This one will probably be a real snoozer. What are the all calcuations necessary to help figure out the right numbers to put in the compile targets? +This one will probably be a real snoozer. What are the all calcuations necessary to help figure out the right numbers to put in the compile targets? ? How are things different for personal vs business taxes? -* Should CopyPasteTaxes only do personal taxes? What about for self-employed people? It may be hard to only do personal, as that might exclude self-employed people, who may be the ones who most need CopyPasteTaxes. +Should CopyPasteTaxes only do personal taxes? What about for self-employed people? It may be hard to only do personal, as that might exclude self-employed people, who may be the ones who most need CopyPasteTaxes. ? How can CopyPasteTaxes generate state tax returns? -* Federal is first, but then how can we make it so we compile to other state level targets as well? +Federal is first, but then how can we make it so we compile to other state level targets as well? ? How can CopyPasteTaxes help with self-employment taxes? -* Should CopyPasteTaxes help with itemized expenses? What would that entail? Would a sub DSL for receipts make sense? +Should CopyPasteTaxes help with itemized expenses? What would that entail? Would a sub DSL for receipts make sense? ? What are the key dates to be aware of? -* Everyone knows April 15th. What are the other dates to have on the calendar? +Everyone knows April 15th. What are the other dates to have on the calendar? -import footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file +footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file ------------------------------------------------------------
commit 53a681421048291c18ea69ef6e6d2c739bacffe8
Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:36:29 2024 +0000 updated crowdfunding-update.scroll diff --git a/crowdfunding-update.scroll b/crowdfunding-update.scroll index b7697e4..4de1707 100644 --- a/crowdfunding-update.scroll +++ b/crowdfunding-update.scroll @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ -import header.scroll +header.scroll title Crowdfunding Campaign a Huge Failure date 07/08/2021 -groups index +tags index mediumColumns 1 -* It looks like a single person committed one dollar to the crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, although at this time I cannot confirm that it was not just a software bug. According to my earlier checklist the proper course of action now then is to "return to other things". - link ./announcing-copypastetaxes.html checklist +It looks like a single person committed one dollar to the crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, although at this time I cannot confirm that it was not just a software bug. According to my earlier checklist the proper course of action now then is to "return to other things". + ./announcing-copypastetaxes.html checklist dateline ## Fuck it, keep going? -* The main problem with giving up on this is I'm pretty darn confident that this tech is the proper way to solve this problem, and maybe I shouldn't let a complete and utter lack of sales, business, and marketing talent extinguish the dream. Plus, I still have to do my damn taxes every year and it's going to keep annoying me to not do things the right way. +The main problem with giving up on this is I'm pretty darn confident that this tech is the proper way to solve this problem, and maybe I shouldn't let a complete and utter lack of sales, business, and marketing talent extinguish the dream. Plus, I still have to do my damn taxes every year and it's going to keep annoying me to not do things the right way. ## Teaming Up -* I spoke to some entrepreneurs interested in the space as a business opportunity and I could see if you had the right team around this idea how perhaps it could be a good bet. The very least I can do is flesh out a prototype. +I spoke to some entrepreneurs interested in the space as a business opportunity and I could see if you had the right team around this idea how perhaps it could be a good bet. The very least I can do is flesh out a prototype. ## Building a v0.1 -* So despite the atrocious Indiegogo go, I have decided to invest at least a few more hours into building something that you can click some buttons. +So despite the atrocious Indiegogo go, I have decided to invest at least a few more hours into building something that you can click some buttons. -import footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file +footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file ------------------------------------------------------------
commit 4c17b7032b4ff322ff08f02392be5bffff2a931c
Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:36:05 2024 +0000 updated announcing-copypastetaxes.scroll diff --git a/announcing-copypastetaxes.scroll b/announcing-copypastetaxes.scroll index 9737b82..1f7c750 100644 --- a/announcing-copypastetaxes.scroll +++ b/announcing-copypastetaxes.scroll @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ -import header.scroll -groups index +header.scroll +tags index title Announcing CopyPasteTaxes date 2021-02-06 1 mediumColumns 1 -* Your taxes should be a single text file that is easy to read. You should be able to use a nice spreadsheet to do it or a plain old notepad. Filling out your taxes each year should mostly just be updating a few lines in that text/file, and copy pasting the whole thing into IRS.gov. Experts who understand the deductions should be able to provide snippets that you can copy/paste into your taxes. +Your taxes should be a single text file that is easy to read. You should be able to use a nice spreadsheet to do it or a plain old notepad. Filling out your taxes each year should mostly just be updating a few lines in that text/file, and copy pasting the whole thing into IRS.gov. Experts who understand the deductions should be able to provide snippets that you can copy/paste into your taxes. dateline -* The whole thing should take just a few minutes per year, and you should be able to do it yourself, for free, if you so choose. +The whole thing should take just a few minutes per year, and you should be able to do it yourself, for free, if you so choose. ## Proof of Concept -* A tiny demonstration of how it will work can be found here. +A tiny demonstration of how it will work can be found here. https://jtree.treenotation.org/designer/#grammar%0A%20copyPasteTaxesNode%0A%20%20description%20An%20open%20source%20language%20to%20allow%20Americans%20to%20do%20their%20taxes%20using%20simple%20copy%20and%20paste.%20A%20simple%20language%20that%20compiles%20into%20the%20proper%20tax%20forms%20for%20the%20IRS.%0A%20%20root%0A%20%20inScope%20taxReturnNode%0A%20keywordCell%0A%20intCell%0A%20anyCell%0A%20taxReturnNode%0A%20%20inScope%20yearNode%20taxpayerNode%20dependentNode%20w2Node%20childCardCreditNode%20homeOfficeDeductionNode%0A%20%20crux%20taxReturn%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%0A%20yearNode%0A%20%20crux%20year%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%20intCell%0A%20taxpayerNode%0A%20%20inScope%20nameNode%20cityNode%20stateNode%20ssnNode%0A%20%20crux%20taxpayer%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%0A%20nameNode%0A%20%20crux%20name%0A%20%20catchAllCellType%20anyCell%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%0A%20cityNode%0A%20%20crux%20city%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%20anyCell%0A%20stateNode%0A%20%20crux%20state%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%20anyCell%0A%20ssnNode%0A%20%20crux%20ssn%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%20anyCell%0A%20dependentNode%0A%20%20inScope%20nameNode%0A%20%20crux%20dependent%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%0A%20w2Node%0A%20%20inScope%20nameNode%20totalIncomeNode%0A%20%20crux%20w2%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%0A%20totalIncomeNode%0A%20%20crux%20totalIncome%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%20intCell%0A%20childCardCreditNode%0A%20%20inScope%20amountNode%0A%20%20crux%20childCardCredit%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%0A%20amountNode%0A%20%20crux%20amount%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%20intCell%0A%20homeOfficeDeductionNode%0A%20%20inScope%20amountNode%20Node%0A%20%20crux%20homeOfficeDeduction%0A%20%20cells%20keywordCell%0Asample%0A%20taxReturn%0A%20%20year%202020%0A%20%20taxpayer%0A%20%20%20name%20Breck%20Yunits%0A%20%20%20city%20Honolulu%0A%20%20%20state%20Hawaii%0A%20%20%20ssn%20***-***-****%0A%20%20dependent%0A%20%20%20name%20Little%20Yunits%0A%20%20w2%0A%20%20%20name%20Bluth%20Banana%20Company%0A%20%20%20totalIncome%2045000%0A%20%20childCardCredit%0A%20%20%20amount%201200%0A%20%20homeOfficeDeduction%0A%20%20%20amount%2020000%0A%20%20%20 here ## The Plan -* Here's the plan. +Here's the plan. - ✅ Start the community - ✅ Build a dumb little working demo - ✅ Make a screencast @@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ mediumColumns 1 - 🔲 If enough people care, build the thing. - 🔲 If not, return to other things. -import footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file +footer.scroll \ No newline at end of file ------------------------------------------------------------
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Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:35:45 2024 +0000 updated crowdfunding.scroll diff --git a/crowdfunding.scroll b/crowdfunding.scroll index 4f103b7..6ea05d7 100644 --- a/crowdfunding.scroll +++ b/crowdfunding.scroll @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -import header.scroll -groups index +header.scroll +tags index title Crowdfunding Campaign Launches thinColumns 1 date 2021-02-06 3 ------------------------------------------------------------
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Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:35:39 2024 +0000 updated crowdfunding.scroll diff --git a/crowdfunding.scroll b/crowdfunding.scroll index 0f5f716..4f103b7 100644 --- a/crowdfunding.scroll +++ b/crowdfunding.scroll @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ title Crowdfunding Campaign Launches thinColumns 1 date 2021-02-06 3 -* Today I launched a crowdfunding campaign as one way to gauge interest in the CopyPasteTaxes project. +Today I launched a crowdfunding campaign as one way to gauge interest in the CopyPasteTaxes project. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/copypastetaxes crowdfunding campaign dateline -* If we can get to $50,000, this will become a real thing. +If we can get to $50,000, this will become a real thing. -import footer.scroll +footer.scroll ------------------------------------------------------------
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Author: ffff:65.246.71.95 <ffff:65.246.71.95@hub.scroll.pub> Date: Thu Dec 5 06:35:19 2024 +0000 updated header.scroll diff --git a/header.scroll b/header.scroll index ac9d68c..beee49b 100644 --- a/header.scroll +++ b/header.scroll @@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ openGraphImage originalTaxReturn.jpeg metaTags theme gazette homeButton -editButton \ No newline at end of file +editButton + +printTitle \ No newline at end of file