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Progress

The calculator is built in seven steps, each ending on something achieved: a concept note, specifications, mockups, the tool. Inside every step the work is drafted, agreed a first time, reviewed adversarially by agents, then agreed a final time by the analyst; that final agreement ends the step.

Now: step 1, the review is done and 20 of its 21 findings are folded into the note; every question is answered (D19 to D26); the note waits for the analyst's final agreement. Nothing is drawn or built before it.

Waiting on you

What Who If no answer Read
Final agreement on the concept note analyst Nothing moves: step 2 does not start. the concept note · the review

Stuck

What Waiting on Blocks
OBR's test service, silent since 04-09-2026 OBR's IT department New golden cases for pilot 1; not the specifications.

Steps and gates

Step Draft First agreement Review Final agreement
1 · Concept note: what the calculator is and how it is built ✓ 29-09 · draft ✓ 29-09 ✓ 29-09 · review now
2 · Short specifications: one page per module, eleven modules – – – –
3 · Mockups: public page, embedded page, administration – – – –
4 · Detailed specifications: contract, engine rules, tax bases, failure policies – – – –
5 · Detailed mockups: every state – – – –
6 · Build phases: one branch and one pull request per phase – – – –
7 · The tool, built phase by phase – – – –
7.1 · ASYCUDA provider and the ported page, Burundi live – – – –
7.2 · Engine and ingestion; pilot 1, Burundi against OBR – – – –
7.3 · Administration: versions, differences, publishing – – – –
7.4 · Embedding and the eRegulations v7 change – – – –
7.5 · Pilot 2, a second EAC member – – – –
Claude, for the analyst · UNCTAD · working material, hidden from search engines Updated · 29-09-2026