On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 03:24:15PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > > Just for the record, to the best of my knowledge, this is not so. You > > only need to certify your program with the tax authorities if you intend > > to *sell* it. Otherwise, a piece of paper works just as well. > > I'm not a laywer, but what I was told is that all business tax reports > must be submitted from an approved program, with the data entered by > a level 3 certified bookkeeper. You do not need a certified level 3 bookkeeper. I have done it myself for years, two years ago I handed it to my CPA since I did not have a software to do it. Since December 2007, Drorit is certified and thus I can use it. You can use a piece of paper but also on pieces of paper there are some laws you need to obey. You can submit reports either on paper or from a ceritified software. Today, a certified software must be able to output files in a predefined format (open format, defined by tax authorities). Therefore GNUCash will not be accepted as it can not output these files. -- Ori Idan