elefino wrote:
Hello all.
We could trash the last Windows machine in our house if we could use tax-preparation software from Linux (my wife has now reached the point where she's happy to use Linux for everything else -- thank you OpenOffice :-).
The sticking point is that she's been using Intuit's QuickTax for years and is very pleased with it. One benefit is that it keeps tax-related info over several years.
We've Googled for any tax software that works in Linux and not found any. The government web site lists tax software that they recognize, and it's all Windows or Mac software.
There were threads in Wine discussion lists saying that a QuickTax install verification procedure instituted in 2002 makes it no longer possible to run QuickTax through Wine.
We're in Canada, and we have a non-default tax situation, meaning that we usually need some of the supplementary forms, not just the basic two-pager. Any ideas? Suggestions? I'd love to dump Win98 forever.
While not ideal, you might want to try Win4Lin. It will run a copy of Windows 98 under Linux.