Observed arrival · 2026-09-04
TaxKernel Wants Tax Law to Come With a Replay Button
A deterministic tax-calculation API that returns a number alongside a signed, replayable trace of the rules and legislation used.
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The homepage illustrates its proposed certificate format with the au-2025-26 ruleset, a resident individual earning $98,000, and three ordered rule firings. Those steps cite Australian legislation for base tax, the Medicare levy, and the low-income tax offset before producing a $22,148 result. The service says yearly rulesets remain immutable while amendments arrive as versioned diffs, and links to an open verifier, API documentation, a ruleset changelog, and status information.
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