On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:44:25 -0700
"John Meissen" <[email protected]> dijo:
> Once a year, for the past 5 years, I fire up an old computer with
> Win 2K on it and run TaxAct. It is a wonderful free program that
> runs on Windows. Have been using it for 5 years. I can't find a
> free Federal Tax Program on Linux..
>
> This year I had to buy a new printer.. And the new printer does not
> work with Win 2K.
>
> So I tried to copy the file to a flash/thumb drive. Every time I do
> that the computer reboots.. Will not copy the file.
>
> TaxAct claims it is not their fault.. No funny stuff on the file or
> program.
>
> Also, the program will NOT save the program anywhere but the original
> location...
>
> Now this may sound crazy to you.. I agree.... I need a hard copy of
> my tax return..
>
> Haven't tried to send it to myself... Maybe that will work..
>
> Is there a good Linux tax program I should use NEXT year?
I don't know of any Linux tax preparation programs but there are tons of
web-based tax preparation programs out there. The IRS maintains a list
here:
http://www.revenue.wi.gov/eserv/webased.html
I don't know which ones will make a printout of the forms they create
or which ones are free. I use a very expensive but super easy program
called "take the shoeboxes of junk to my CPA."
In case you still want to use Tax Act, have you tried printing to file?
You do have a working printer installed on the Windows 2000 computer,
right? Most printer drivers on Windows 2000 have a print to file
option. This will create a .prn file, which is what Windows 2000 names
a Postscript file. On Linux you can open a .prn file with Evince or
Okular, and probably other document viewers, but most importantly,
just can send it to the printer with lpr or lpr. I assume there is a
DOS command that is the equivalent of lp or lpr.
What happens when you try to print from Tax Act?
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