• bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    literally so you can leave it unplugged in a box, and drag it out once a year to print a tax form or something. Toner should be shelf stable.

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        23 hours ago

        I have a 70+ year old friend that paper files. She doesn’t trust the free file places available here (USA). I don’t blame her.

        Ysk - You can order the forms for free on the IRS (& state) websites.

        I print things for her on my 1999 laser jet if she needs something printed.

        Many years I paper filed just to inconvenience them slightly for not offering free file.

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          22 hours ago

          I am British, most people don’t need to even think about taxes here as its all automatic. Only really something you might need to look at if you are self employed or its your job to deal with it.

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            16 hours ago

            Yeah but if its that easy the rich people can’t have armies beneath them that game the system for them so they pay nothing. Do you see how this is better for society?

          • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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            1 day ago

            Same as keeping a soft copy.

            Tax was just as example. Maybe there’s a form somebody wants signed with a pen instead of electronic, I don’t know.

            Anyway if you are going to get a printer, but only do a handful at any time avoid buying an inkjet

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              23 hours ago

              I would probably take a picture of it, but if for some reason I absolutely needed to print a copy (which I haven’t in over a decade) I would just go to the library to print it.