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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026572 stories
Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread↗ news.gallup.com · HN · 555 comments · 589 points · Sep 04, 2026
Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras↗ texastribune.org · HN · 350 comments · 445 points · Aug 29, 2026
Surprise, pay $1000↗ forestwalk.ai · HN · 219 comments · 394 points · Jun 09, 2026
Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs↗ wsj.com · HN · 790 comments · 1062 points · Mar 05, 2026
Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists↗ reuters.com · HN · 697 comments · 507 points · Feb 11, 2026
2025771 stories
PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program↗ pyfound.blogspot.com · HN · 770 comments · 735 points · Oct 27, 2025
TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)↗ propublica.org · HN · 470 comments · 913 points · Oct 16, 2025
Ireland is making basic income for artists program permanent↗ artnews.com · HN · 495 comments · 491 points · Oct 15, 2025
Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 907 comments · 2439 points · Jun 09, 2025
The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs↗ qz.com · HN · 948 comments · 1575 points · Jun 04, 2025
2024623 stories
IRS Direct File to open to all 50 states and D.C. for 2025 tax season↗ axios.com · HN · 325 comments · 524 points · May 31, 2024
Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes↗ statnews.com · HN · 196 comments · 259 points · Apr 14, 2024
IRS has launched its free tax filing service, Direct File, in 12 states↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 114 comments · 261 points · Mar 13, 2024
Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel↗ wsj.com · HN · 648 comments · 407 points · Jan 19, 2024
IRS to begin trial of its own free tax-filing system↗ nytimes.com · HN · 323 comments · 703 points · Jan 06, 2024
2023674 stories
US spent more on health care in 2022 than 6 countries combined with universal↗ statnews.com · HN · 294 comments · 115 points · Dec 21, 2023
IRS will officially launch free online tax filing service for 2024 tax season↗ irs.gov · HN · 82 comments · 294 points · Oct 17, 2023
Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands↗ rijksoverheid.nl · HN · 195 comments · 174 points · Aug 23, 2023
IRS moves forward with a new free-file tax return system↗ pbs.org · HN · 24 comments · 113 points · Jul 20, 2023
FSF Call on the IRS to provide libre tax-filing software↗ fsf.org · HN · 50 comments · 126 points · Apr 25, 2023
2022646 stories
IRS will look into setting up a free e-filing system↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 408 comments · 664 points · Sep 07, 2022
House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading – report↗ seekingalpha.com · HN · 355 comments · 503 points · Jul 28, 2022
Show HN: Calculator for US individual income tax, from 1970-present↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 155 comments · 497 points · Jun 29, 2022
TurboTax’s fight against free tax filing↗ slate.com · HN · 394 comments · 804 points · Apr 18, 2022
America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cash to the rich↗ economist.com · HN · 416 comments · 528 points · Feb 01, 2022
2021820 stories
Stripe Tax↗ stripe.com · HN · 367 comments · 939 points · Jun 10, 2021
IRS records reveal how the wealthiest avoid income tax↗ propublica.org · HN · 967 comments · 1031 points · Jun 08, 2021
G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 895 comments · 1047 points · Jun 05, 2021
Killing TurboTax↗ kunle.app · HN · 662 comments · 891 points · Mar 03, 2021
America's 1% Has Taken $50T From the Bottom 90%↗ time.com · HN · 917 comments · 870 points · Feb 11, 2021
2020817 stories
The public has a right to know how companies that pay no taxes pull it off↗ larrysummers.com · HN · 403 comments · 592 points · Nov 02, 2020
Modeling a Wealth Tax↗ paulgraham.com · HN · 1705 comments · 645 points · Aug 18, 2020
Oppose the Earn IT Act↗ foundation.mozilla.org · HN · 543 comments · 2229 points · Jul 01, 2020
Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or are reg. in tax havens↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 294 comments · 632 points · Apr 20, 2020
3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits↗ wsj.com · HN · 670 comments · 558 points · Mar 26, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread↗ news.gallup.com · HN · 555 comments · 589 points · Sep 04, 2026
Suspension of the de minimis administrative exemption for imports $800 or less↗ personalimportation.org · HN · 154 comments · 161 points · Sep 21, 2026
Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras↗ texastribune.org · HN · 350 comments · 445 points · Aug 29, 2026
My German Exit Tax: 13 Tax Advisors, 1.5 Years, 18.7k€ to leave the country↗ eidel.io · HN · 29 comments · 34 points · Sep 23, 2026
Economics Nobel Laureates' Letter Supporting the California Billionaire Tax [pdf]↗ gabriel-zucman.eu · HN · 28 comments · 33 points · Sep 19, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread↗ news.gallup.com · HN · 555 comments · 589 points · Sep 04, 2026
Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras↗ texastribune.org · HN · 350 comments · 445 points · Aug 29, 2026
Suspension of the de minimis administrative exemption for imports $800 or less↗ personalimportation.org · HN · 154 comments · 161 points · Sep 21, 2026
Claude Code reduces it's weekly limit by 17% – compared to today↗ twitter.com · HN · 52 comments · 67 points · Aug 31, 2026
Reflections on Americans' Net Worth↗ betonit.ai · HN · 52 comments · 38 points · Sep 02, 2026
My German Exit Tax: 13 Tax Advisors, 1.5 Years, 18.7k€ to leave the country↗ eidel.io · HN · 29 comments · 34 points · Sep 23, 2026
Economics Nobel Laureates' Letter Supporting the California Billionaire Tax [pdf]↗ gabriel-zucman.eu · HN · 28 comments · 33 points · Sep 19, 2026
Do tech billionaires dream of shared abundance? We should probably just tax them↗ theconversation.com · HN · 0 comments · 31 points · Sep 08, 2026
Romanian Crime Rings Are Draining U.S. Welfare Accounts↗ wsj.com · HN · 4 comments · 28 points · Sep 20, 2026
Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax↗ propublica.org · HN · 12 comments · 24 points · Sep 16, 2026

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