[Fwd: Re: payroll]

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Conrad Canterford wrote:

> In .au there are penalties for getting it wrong (hence my concern that
> the data files be accurate), even though in practice the tax office can
> claw back any shortfall through the tax return process.

I agree with the suggestion that the government *ought* to publish 
machine readable tax data at no charge.  Establishing an open format is a
necessary first step in that direction.  Our customers are US importers,
and the US gov publishes quite a bit of machine readable data 
necessary to properly file entries.  That trend needs to grow, if
they expect compliance with ever more complex tax codes.

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