JP Vossen on 4 Apr 2008 12:51:54 -0700 |
http://www.lockergnome.com/leftystrat/2008/04/04/filing-taxes-under-linux/ filing taxes under linux by leftystrat on April 4, 2008 at 12:59 pm Categorized in bush, computers, current events, government, legal check here... http://www.linux.com/feature/130716 Filing US federal taxes under Linux By Joe Barr on March 27, 2008 (3:00:00 PM) Filling out tax returns has traditionally been an area where Linux comes up short compared to the proprietary platforms, but you actually have several options for using commercial income tax products on a Linux platform. Here's a quick look at three commercial tax offerings I found that work just fine using Ubuntu 7.10 and Firefox 2.0.0.12, even though two of the three vendors warn Linux users they are not supported. Translation: Don't look for vendor help if you run into problems. Each product I looked at follows a Q&A format which, while it saves you have having to stare directly at a complicated form, asks you for specific data in a specific sequence. If you're like me, you'll spend a lot more time gathering all the info than you will actually entering it, so have on hand all your raw data and forms (W-2s, 1099s, financial statements) before you sit down with any tax preparation package. I used a standard test case across all three products: an individual filing a US federal tax return with itemized deductions and earnings income from W-2 wages, interest, and dividends. All the products establish a secure connection to a Web site when you begin your session, and I was able to log off and then back in to continue work on my return without incident. [...] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks Jeff [PLUG member], nice link. Later, JP ----------------------------|:::======|------------------------------- JP Vossen, CISSP |:::======| jp{at}jpsdomain{dot}org My Account, My Opinions |=========| http://www.jpsdomain.org/ ----------------------------|=========|------------------------------- "Microsoft Tax" = the additional hardware & yearly fees for the add-on software required to protect Windows from its own poorly designed and implemented self, while the overhead incidentally flattens Moore's Law. ___________________________________________________________________________ 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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