Re: [hackathon] One Tax API Hackathon proposal

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 2:19 AM Eliot Lear <lear@lear.ch> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In general I like a low bar for hackathons, but I am not sure that the
> IETF should take this one on.  For one, it's not clear to me that this
> isn't more a matter of data models rather than APIs. We also have no
> experience with handling of this sort of information: this is WAY up the
> stack.
>

Without taking a position on this proposal, since when do we monitor what
people work on at the hackathon? It's a lot more like a free-for-all than a
BOF and having people work on something at a hackathon certainly isn't any
kind of commitment to take the work on at the IETF.

> But if you're going to do this, we need to understand what code is going
> to be hacked.  Are the developers from accounting packages going to
> participate?  Can you lay out a bit more of a landscape here?
>

These seem like reasonable questions, but I don't agree with the framing
that we "need" to understand them. If you don't want to participate without
an answer, don't do so, but that shouldn't stop others from doing it.

-Ekr

> Eliot
>
>
> On 25.09.21 11:04, Benson Muite wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Have proposed a hackathon topic on One Tax API:
> > https://trac.ietf.org/trac/ietf/meeting/wiki/112hackathon
> > Many countries are proposing taxes on e-commerce and also labor
> > services that are supplied from outside their jurisdictions that have
> > been enabled by improvements in internet connectivity. Complying with
> > these requirements can be time consuming and is a trade barrier for
> > trade in items and services that do not require regulatory approval.
> > Having a standardized API for reporting and paying these
> > electronically would enable compliance at a low cost, especially since
> > automation could be used.  Privacy and security considerations are
> > also important in creating a standard for such an interface. The aim
> > of this hackathon project is to develop a prototype implementation
> > that could become an RFC and be adopted as a standard.
> >
> > Suggestions and contributions are welcome.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Benson
> >
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