I am from Australia. The ATO here provides 45 test scenarios to make sure software is working correctly to be used todo accountancy in Australia.
http://softwaredevelopers.ato.gov.au/testscenarios There is a list of products that pass http://softwaredevelopers.ato.gov.au/viewproductregister Currently there is not one single open source program listed. This is where accountants in Australia will go and look for software. I would suspect other countries have the same thing. Also registered developer companies can get access to information about the Australian tax system before they happen. So not being registered is competing with one hand tied behind back. Yes I want to see more FOSS accountancy software in Australia. Only recently here did we get the means to submit items from Linux systems to the Tax Office. http://auskey.itmaze.com.au/how-to/auskey-under-linux Only end of 2010 did we get auskey for Linux. Before that to electronically submit to the tax office and you were running Linux or OS X you could buy a copy of windows and a virtual machine package and write that off on the tax return. So Linux based accountancy was kind battling up hill. I suspect I am not alone with this problem of FOSS software not being registered with thier countries tax offices. There is also not a list of tax offices around the world and there requirements in accountancy software. Maybe this list should be on the wikipedia or some other joint project between FOSS in the hope of getting tax offices to share methods. By being registered and setup correctly make a business wishing to use ledger-smb life simpler. Peter Dolding ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
