OpenTaxSolver 2008 - Free program for calculating Tax Form entries and tax-owed or refund-due.

OpenTaxSolver (OTS) is a free program for calculating Tax Form entries and tax-owed or refund-due, such as Federal or State personal income taxes. The initial updates for the 2008 tax-year have been released for US 1040 with Schedules A, B, C, & D, and State-Taxes for California. As in previous years, we expect to also cover State-Taxes for North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts. Contributions of other forms would be appreciated. Motivations: * Make tax preparation software available for all platforms. * Provide insight into how our taxes are calculated in clear unambiguous equations/code, that can be easily diff`d from year-to-year to understand What Changed. * Avoid invasive, bloated commercial software packages. * Avoid rewriting our own individual programs or spread-sheets each year by combining efforts. * Provide a simple reliable tax-package requiring only rudimentary knowledge to maintain.