schwepes on 18 Mar 2008 12:57:00 -0700 |
As it seems that IRS is more interested in the profits of H&R Block and the people at TurboTax, good luck there. bs On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > I find it rather interesting that we are discussing open source > software tol allow us to pay our taxes. Is anyone else surprised (no, > offended) that the IRS does not provide citizens with a way to file > taxes electronically except the very simplest tax returns? I can file > my Pennsylvania tax returns electronically, but if I want to file my > federal taxes electronically, Uncle Sam requires me to pay an > intermediary to file my taxes. It would save the Government time and > money, and it would save me time and money if they allowed me to file > my tax returns on the web. > > Instead of bemoaning the fact that there isn't a Turbo Tax work-alike > for Linux, we should put our energy into demanding that the US > Government provide us with a way to file our tax returns > electronically via a W3C standards compliant web browser. > > Regards > -- Bhaskar > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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