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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes but no. They have the numbers already reported to them for most of us. A proper database and front end would spit out the magic number. So it's a one time project that they can't fund because of lobbyists. Other countries have had this for decades.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

As he said the it's lacks the funding for those tools. The systems were developed in the 70s, developers are retiring and there are less and less people to handle it. I'm order to even do that for everyone the IRS needs an upgrade. I work with these systems everyday.