The problem with tax software is not that it is hard to write, it's that it should never have been needed in the first place.
Tax laws work for large corporations who can hire teams of lawyers to find loopholes in them and fail people who just need to do their taxes. This is a policy issue that cannot and should not be worked around using software, proprietary or open source alike.
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This is called strategically reframing the issue.
The problem with tax software is not that it is hard to write, it's that it should never have been needed in the first place.
Tax laws work for large corporations who can hire teams of lawyers to find loopholes in them and fail people who just need to do their taxes. This is a policy issue that cannot and should not be worked around using software, proprietary or open source alike.