> The legislation gave the IRS $15 million to stand up the task force, as well as nine months to deliver a report to Congress on whether the direct e-file system would be cost-effective for the IRS to operate, and whether taxpayers would use the system, rather than rely on third-party tax preparers.
For whatever reason this reminded me of something (and I don't have the exact quote) that Steve Jobs apparently said about Wozniak and a (again iirc) a basic compiler that Apple needed (maybe in discussion with Microsoft?).
'If we need one Woz can write that over the weekend'.
Point is amazing that they are spending $15m to just put together a task force and a report to analyze the idea.
(How many on HN remember the quote that I am referring to I was not able to easily find it).
For whatever reason this reminded me of something (and I don't have the exact quote) that Steve Jobs apparently said about Wozniak and a (again iirc) a basic compiler that Apple needed (maybe in discussion with Microsoft?).
'If we need one Woz can write that over the weekend'.
Point is amazing that they are spending $15m to just put together a task force and a report to analyze the idea.
(How many on HN remember the quote that I am referring to I was not able to easily find it).