[klenwell]

> Have the IRS suggest what they think I owe - they can have all the metadata, and I'll happily just pay the taxes.

What's funny is that they will. After the fact. I got a notice last year from the IRS about some back taxes I owed because I forgot to include some stock I sold in my taxes for that year.

They were right. I had overlooked it. But their figure for what I owed was a little higher than what I calculated it to be. I sent back a revised tax return with a check and an explanation for how I arrived at my number and the matter was closed.

So just to reaffirm: the obstacle is more political than technical.