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Converting Laws to Programs: In highly regulated industries, it is critical that laws are translated precisely into code that reflects their intent.

The article examines the intricacies of translating U.S. tax code into algorithms compatible with the Catala computer programming language for the purpose of developing and refining tax preparation software as well as healthcare software compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabi...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 15 - 17
Main Author: Shein, Esther
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jan2022
Subjects:
Tax laws
Programming languages
Tax preparation
Medical software
Computer programming
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article examines the intricacies of translating U.S. tax code into algorithms compatible with the Catala computer programming language for the purpose of developing and refining tax preparation software as well as healthcare software compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.