On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 18:49 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Monday 26 December 2005 5:31 pm, russbucket wrote:
when I asked Initut (TurboTax developers) if they were developing a Linux version they sort of laughed. Not really funny in my opinion. As pointed out who ever develops this kind of package must be aware of the tax laws.
I still say that MickySoft is VERY much involved in keeping them from porting to Linux.
Likely only by the rubic of the sweetheart deal they might get on software and compilers. IMHO we need to make our own contacts with these companys and show them the benefits of linux. They can still develope closed source to run on linux like Netscape did for a time. They can still charge for the software with instruction books and for an 800 number for help and support. Its just a matter of how they want to submit the information on Paper which I prefer as does my accountant or electronically. Her program charges by the schedule, or module, you use. So if you use ten modules in your return it costs more than only using three. IMHO this would be vastly cheaper if we started over on the tax code with a flat rate, defined poverty level, clear rules for deductions for things like medical, mortgage and actual costs of production. Then again in America the tax code is not for revenue its for social engineering so perhaps its a lost cause. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/