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Ask HN: Has anyone built a tax simulation environment?

6 pointsby JVillella4 months ago
Was curious if anyone had attempted such endeavour. The use case I see is you input your finances (eg. money spread over different investments, in a business, multiple incomes, etc.) and your goal (purchase home that costs $x) and an optimizer will try different solutions (eg. sell these assets for this tax liability, take this mortgage at this rate, pay it in lump sums to be able to withdraw assets from your business as dividends spread over N years, etc.)

3 comments

liontwist4 months ago
I don't understand, the goal is to pay as little taxes as possible. For an individual with a W2 the ways to do that are finite and easily prioritized. There are no choices to make other than commit.
vednig4 months ago
you&#x27;re describing services like bench but simulated and automated<p>edit: i&#x27;m building one at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cusk.thesafezone.xyz" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cusk.thesafezone.xyz</a> (it&#x27;s still pre-beta)
brudgers4 months ago
I think they are called “accounting firms.”