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Bronek0990 t1_j9izlco wrote

Does that mean they can just fill my tax forms for me and just send me a copy?

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jr1tn t1_j9j998v wrote

It's an SEC database, not IRS. Did you even read the article?

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Bronek0990 t1_j9jaob7 wrote

They could submit from SEC to IRS.

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jr1tn t1_j9jbvbf wrote

You are kidding, right? You can't even change your address on line on the IRS web site. The WSJ reported this month that the legacy code the IRS uses is so old, they can't even find people that are still alive that know it, since it dates from the 60s and 70s.

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iPigman t1_j9jp2oa wrote

Dude, it's COBOL; it ain't that hard.

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Bronek0990 t1_j9k66w0 wrote

Yes, I am kidding. There's a snowball's chance in hell that anything the government does makes your life easier.

Even though I'm 90% certain an intern should be able to code some spaghetti that would work for most wsbtards.

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