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title Questions to Figure Out
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date 2021-02-22

At this stage there are more questions than answers.
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? 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?

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.

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?

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.

? What are the checklists?

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?

? 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.

? 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?

? 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?

? What are the key dates to be aware of?

Everyone knows April 15th. What are the other dates to have on the calendar?

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