Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-04-04 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 08:20, Andrew Perrin wrote: > TurboTax for the Web did this last year in the US - mozilla worked fine > but they sensed it out of the way. I and others posted complaints to the > bug section about it and the sensing mysteriously disappeared. It didn't > come back this year.

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-04-04 Thread Andrew Perrin
TurboTax for the Web did this last year in the US - mozilla worked fine but they sensed it out of the way. I and others posted complaints to the bug section about it and the sensing mysteriously disappeared. It didn't come back this year. You might try the same (although if 4/15 is the deadline i

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-04-03 Thread David P James
Dan Hunt was roused into action on 2003-04-03 20:23 and wrote: [snip] On the plus side, the Canadian version of TurboTax, QuickTax, does not appear to employ the strange things that its US counterpart. My father installed it on his comp and I could find no trace of the rumored nasty stuff (moreover

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-04-03 Thread Dan Hunt
> [snip] > On the plus side, the Canadian version of TurboTax, QuickTax, does not > appear to employ the strange things that its US counterpart. My father > installed it on his comp and I could find no trace of the rumored nasty > stuff (moreover, Intuit denies that it exists in the Canadian > ver

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-04-03 Thread David P James
Paul Johnson was roused into action on 2003-03-31 11:08 and wrote: [snip] I probably won't be buying a house until I get a Canadian visa. I really wish they hadn't changed the immigration requirements back in January, or I'd have one right now instead of being basically at square one again and an

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-04-01 Thread Andrew Perrin
Dunno about FEMA, but USPS and Amtrak are "parastatals" -- not strictly government agencies, but semiprivate institutions chartered by the federal gov't. Also dunno if that makes a difference ap -- Andrew J Perrin - http://ww

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (Please avoid using the tab character in a non-homogenous environment. Use spaces instead, or break paragraphs with a double-newline) On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:23:32PM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > There are fill-in pdf's available on the IRS we

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:07:58PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > I vaguely recall there was an Executive Order under Bush I making it > policy for federal agencies to not compete with private companies. > Although, I can't find a reference at the mome

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Richard Hector
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:07:58PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:43:26AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > I'm amazed nobody's asked this before, but why doesn't irs.gov do it > > themselves? Seems like the obvious answer...or is this some sort of > > "privatize the r

RE: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| > This year I'm trying something radical: all the forms and instructions | > are available on irs.gov. I figured if I could install Debian, I should | > be able to work through the tax instructions. It's sort of like using | > the command line instead of a GUI. You answer all the same questio

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Hilliard
Mark Laird Copper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This year I'm trying something radical: all the forms and instructions > are available on irs.gov. I figured if I could install Debian, I should > be able to work through the tax instructions. It's sort of like using > the command line instead of

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-03-31T16:08:21Z, "Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As a CPA (not in public practice), I find that Turbo Tax does a fairly > adequate job of asking all the "right" questions. It should work well for > a large portion of the population. [...] As for a CPA, make sure that an

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
This year I'm trying something radical: all the forms and instructions are available on irs.gov. I figured if I could install Debian, I should be able to work through the tax instructions. It's sort of like using the command line instead of a GUI. You answer all the same questions and you get th

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:04:22AM -0500, Mark Laird Copper wrote: > If you're just starting out with this joyful exercise, the irs.gov site > lists providers who will submit returns for free. I'm amazed nobody's asked this before, but why doesn't ir

RE: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| > Anal retentive? No, just getting *my* money back from the government. | > It's called owning a house and getting deductions that are due. Buy one, | > you might like it. | | I don't think Paul meant anything by it. The original poster sounded as | though he were a student or other young limite

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:56:37AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > Anal retentive? No, just getting *my* money back from the government. > > It's called owning a house and getting deductions that are due. Buy one, > > you might like it. > > I don't thi

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Mark Laird Copper
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:25:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until > now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do > them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for windoze. I keep > reminding him I run linux, b

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-03-31T13:07:17Z, Brian Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anal retentive? No, just getting *my* money back from the government. > It's called owning a house and getting deductions that are due. Buy one, > you might like it. I don't think Paul meant anything by it. The original poster

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread John M Flinchbaugh
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:25:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > equivalent linux program that anyone here knows about / uses? or do i > have to suck it up and do them by hand? my solution has been to use one of the online website-based tax services. i personally have used www.taxact.com for the

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Brian Gonzales
Anal retentive? No, just getting *my* money back from the government. It's called owning a house and getting deductions that are due. Buy one, you might like it. On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 01:03, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:25:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > equivalent linux

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 22:25, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until > now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do > them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for windoze. I keep > reminding him I run linux, but he keeps

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-31 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:25:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > equivalent linux program that anyone here knows about / uses? or do i > have to suck it up and do them by hand? Unless you're anal retentive about getting deductions or what not, I'd look into seeing if you can use the 1040-EZ form

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Leo Spalteholz
On March 30, 2003 11:03 pm, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 12:45:55AM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 22:25, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up > > > until now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i a

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 12:45:55AM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 22:25, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until > > now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do > > them, he keeps telling me to get Turbo

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Fred Smith
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 22:25, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until > now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do > them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for windoze. I keep > reminding him I run linux, but he keeps f

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:16:40PM -0500, Andrew Perrin insinuated: > The past three years I've used TurboTax for the Web - works great, > easy to use, and works flawlessly (this year) with Mozilla as the > browser under debian. Last year for a short time it stopped working, > but it miraculously came

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Andrew Perrin
The past three years I've used TurboTax for the Web - works great, easy to use, and works flawlessly (this year) with Mozilla as the browser under debian. Last year for a short time it stopped working, but it miraculously came back when people complained about linux not being "supported." ap

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Roberto Sanchez
My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for windoze. I keep reminding him I run linux, but he keeps forgetting. Is there an equivalent linux program that anyo

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Michael Wardle
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 13:25, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until > now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do > them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for windoze. I keep > reminding him I run linux, but he keeps f

[~OT] tax program for linux

2003-03-30 Thread Nori Heikkinen
My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up until now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him how to do them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for windoze. I keep reminding him I run linux, but he keeps forgetting. Is there an equivalent linux program that anyon