e-filing through PDF format is also possible. For that adobe acrobat reader is needed (not free software but freeware). I am not supporting this fully. but no need of MS Excel for this. Since I am using Ubuntu, I filed my return using this facility. ___________________________________________________________________
ANAYATH RAJAGOPALAN Centre Administrator, Central Computer Centre National Institute of Technology, Calicut NIT Campus, Kozhikode, India - 673 601 Phone: +495 2286850(Office), +495 2287442(Home), 9387523428(Cell) ________________________________________________________________________ web: www.anayathrajagopalan.tk OR https://sites.google.com/site/anayathrajagopalan On 27 July 2011 02:14, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send network mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of network digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Fwd: Your post reg " e-filing only on Microsoft Excel > format" (Terence Monteiro) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:42:40 +0530 > From: Terence Monteiro <[email protected]> > To: Indian FOSS Community Network list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [fosscomm] Fwd: Your post reg " e-filing only on > Microsoft Excel format" > Message-ID: > <cajcmnocstqg2ksm0wo3e0tql6kkevwj0jd9bwccb80t5bh1...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Debayan Banerjee <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > 2011/5/25 Guru ???? <[email protected]> > > > >> Friends > >> we have tried to mail/contact the Income Tax dept to request that they > >> should not have only MS Excel upload format for the Income tax returns, > but > >> there is no response... > >> any ideas / constructive suggestions on what we could do.. > >> regards > >> > > > > http://freedom-matters.in/ -> By Terence Monteiro from DeepRoot Linux. > He > > is the first name on this page http://fosscomm.in/HallOfFame :) > > > > Kindly note that the ITR1 form for filing income tax returns is > successfully > migrated to LibreOffice / OpenOffice for this year (Assessment year > 2011-2012) and available on the same site, http://freedom-matters.in . > Kindly spread the word. Also, I just successfully filed my own returns > using > the migrated spreadsheet using LibreOffice 3.3.2 :-). > > The goal of this endeavour is that no person who wants to file ITR and does > not have MS Excel should suffer because of this partiality by the > Government. But we are still a long way from this. The problem is, every > year the form changes, since tax rules change, so this migration is going > to > be difficult in future. We need to get the Government / IT Department to > stop favouring MS Excel. They are only making it harder for non-MS Office > users. Kindly lets continue this discussion and effort to put pressure on > the concerned people to make a change in this department. > > -- > Regards, > Terence Monteiro. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.fosscom.in/pipermail/network-fosscom.in/attachments/20110726/b0bb9400/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > > End of network Digest, Vol 29, Issue 9 > ************************************** > --
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