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nimish
on Sept 9, 2023
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It is incredibly irritating that the IRS apis are not publically available. Feels illegal to be honest.
You have to set up a company with multiple more hoops to even get docs.
PopAlongKid
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Tax returns in U.S. are submitted electronically as XML documents. Software specs used to be publicly available, but yes I believe now you have to be a registered software provider with the IRS to get access. I suspect it was done to fight fraud.
plagiarist
on Sept 9, 2023
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You have to set up a company with multiple more hoops to even get docs.