17 Nov
2005
17 Nov
'05
21:30
On Thursday 17 November 2005 16:19, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
Income tax programs are a good example. There will never be an open-source version of them because they need a major update every year to keep up with the tax code, and authors understandably aren't willing to donate the immense amount of labor needed for that.
It's not the update I think. They all need to be approved by the tax body. They all need a fair bit of insurance in case something gets screwed up. It looks like the Italian government produces it's own tax program. Outside of keeping the software companies happy I don't know why the various governments don't do the same. Nick