# Could Hledger generate 1040 IRS PDF?

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**Created:** [October 29, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/could-hledger-generate-1040-irs-pdf/394 "2024-10-29T10:46:49Z")\
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Certainly but it will be a lot of work and some risk. [OpenTaxSolver](https://opentaxsolver.sourceforge.net/) is one FOSS project that does it.

Related:

- [Taxes! (org-babel for organising reports)](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/taxes-org-babel-for-organising-reports/224)
- libraries like [https://www.fpdf.org](https://www.fpdf.org), [https://pypi.org/project/fpdf](https://pypi.org/project/fpdf)

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