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On Sun November 28 2004 11:33 am, 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.
What you need to do, is do what I do, and CALL Intuit every 3 to 4 months. I use KOrganizer to set a reminder for me that is reoccuring for Intuit and some other companies who are weak-spined and give into MickySoft. IF THOUSANDS were calling them every month, they'd soon get the message that they ARE loosing a lot more money than Ballmer is telling them they're loosing!
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.
'Same for the US.
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.
As of 2004, and maybe before, that is correct.....I don't know "as of when." :) QuickBooks, etc., are a "no go" as well. Here again, we need apps. ported to Linux, NOT try to run in emulation.
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.
Do an on-line filing where you can use FireFox as your browser. Fred -- "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks." -US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah