Re: One hurdle left to switch
Phew! I just completed my US Federal return with HR Block's online Tax Cut using FreeBSD 6.2 and Firefox and it worked reasonably well. They are not 100% standards compliant but close enough. This is the 3rd consecutive year I've used them. No flash required. Paul Butler Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:56:18 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: One hurdle left to switch To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Tuesday, February 06, 2007 09:46:14 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, another thing. I've used HR Block's online tax accounting service, and although it's not the best interface, it's just as good as some copies of Turbotax that I've seen. You used it with FreeBSD? What browser? And did it require Flash? Java? Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ HR Block uses strictly Javascript (not sure if it's really AJAX quality, but it might be), so if you have a recent mozilla based browser stuff should work out of the box. Don't try to load the page with lynx or links though :D. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: One hurdle left to switch (drifting OT)
Paul Butler writes: Phew! I just completed my US Federal return with HR Block's online Tax Cut using FreeBSD 6.2 and Firefox and it worked reasonably well. They are not 100% standards compliant but close enough. This is the 3rd consecutive year I've used them. No flash required. It is my understanding these are adequate as long as your needs are pretty simple. I know folks filing in two states, with interesting capital gains and tax-shelter issues; they can do it locally, but on-line isn't up to the challenge. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: One hurdle left to switch
On 6 Feb 2007, at 16:04, Paul Schmehl wrote:
I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to
FreeBSD. I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any
more problems with KDE than she presently has with Windows.
(Reality is she'd have less!)
There's just one problem. I can use gnucash to do my finances, but
what do I use to do my taxes? Without that, I'm stuck on Windows
('cause I'm damn sure not going to do my taxes by
hand!) I'd be willing to pay for a tax program that runs on
FreeBSD. Is there one?
i dont do my taxes, or dont know if this american one is of any use,
but:
http://opentaxsolver.sourceforge.net/
its in the ports:
/usr/ports/finance/opentaxsolver/
Eoghan
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Re: One hurdle left to switch
On Tuesday, 6 February, 2007 at 10:04:17 -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:
I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to FreeBSD.
I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any more problems
with KDE than she presently has with Windows. (Reality is she'd have less!)
There's just one problem. I can use gnucash to do my finances, but what do
I use to do my taxes? Without that, I'm stuck on Windows ('cause I'm damn
sure not going to do my taxes by hand!) I'd be willing to pay for a tax
program that runs on FreeBSD. Is there one?
Have you searched in the ports?
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/categories-grouped.html
For example, what about finance/opentaxsolver which claims to be
US tax prep software?
Cheers,
Nick.
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Re: One hurdle left to switch
I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to FreeBSD.
I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any more problems with
KDE than she presently has with Windows. (Reality is she'd have less!)
There's just one problem. I can use gnucash to do my finances, but what do I
use to do my taxes? Without that, I'm stuck on Windows ('cause I'm damn sure
not going to do my taxes by hand!) I'd be willing to pay for a tax program
that runs on FreeBSD. Is there one?
I haven't looked as my life is complicated enough that I get them done for
me, but I could have sworn HR Block and TurboTax and all those guys had
completely web based solutions these days, no?
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Re: One hurdle left to switch
Philip Hallstrom wrote:
I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to
FreeBSD. I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any
more problems with KDE than she presently has with Windows. (Reality
is she'd have less!)
There's just one problem. I can use gnucash to do my finances, but
what do I use to do my taxes? Without that, I'm stuck on Windows
('cause I'm damn sure not going to do my taxes by hand!) I'd be
willing to pay for a tax program that runs on FreeBSD. Is there one?
I haven't looked as my life is complicated enough that I get them done
for me, but I could have sworn HR Block and TurboTax and all those guys
had completely web based solutions these days, no?
http://www.irshome.com/index.php?tpid=10303ttid=112st=Tax%20Refunds
Now, I guess the real question; who's used 'em?
KDK
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Re: One hurdle left to switch
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
Philip Hallstrom wrote:
I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to FreeBSD.
I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any more problems
with KDE than she presently has with Windows. (Reality is she'd have
less!)
There's just one problem. I can use gnucash to do my finances, but what
do I use to do my taxes? Without that, I'm stuck on Windows ('cause I'm
damn sure not going to do my taxes by hand!) I'd be willing to pay for a
tax program that runs on FreeBSD. Is there one?
I haven't looked as my life is complicated enough that I get them done for
me, but I could have sworn HR Block and TurboTax and all those guys had
completely web based solutions these days, no?
http://www.irshome.com/index.php?tpid=10303ttid=112st=Tax%20Refunds
Now, I guess the real question; who's used 'em?
KDK
--
Love is a slippery eel that bites like hell.
-- Matt Groening
Many software tax solutions go out of date too, really quickly (buy a software
solution and it tends to only last a year). Better doing stuff online and then
checking the option to have a CPA check over your data.
-Garrett
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Re: One hurdle left to switch
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
Philip Hallstrom wrote:
I'm chafing at the bit to get rid of Windows at home and move to
FreeBSD. I've even got my wife convinced that she wouldn't have any more
problems with KDE than she presently has with Windows. (Reality is
she'd have less!)
There's just one problem. I can use gnucash to do my finances, but what
do I use to do my taxes? Without that, I'm stuck on Windows ('cause I'm
damn sure not going to do my taxes by hand!) I'd be willing to pay for
a tax program that runs on FreeBSD. Is there one?
I haven't looked as my life is complicated enough that I get them done for
me, but I could have sworn HR Block and TurboTax and all those guys had
completely web based solutions these days, no?
http://www.irshome.com/index.php?tpid=10303ttid=112st=Tax%20Refunds
Now, I guess the real question; who's used 'em?
KDK
--
Love is a slippery eel that bites like hell.
-- Matt Groening
Many software tax solutions go out of date too, really quickly (buy a software
solution and it tends to only last a year). Better doing stuff online and then
checking the option to have a CPA check over your data.
-Garrett
Oh, another thing. I've used HR Block's online tax accounting service, and
although it's not the best interface, it's just as good as some copies of Turbotax
that I've seen.
-Garrett
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Re: ***SPAM*** Re: One hurdle left to switch
--On Tuesday, February 06, 2007 09:46:14 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, another thing. I've used HR Block's online tax accounting service, and although it's not the best interface, it's just as good as some copies of Turbotax that I've seen. You used it with FreeBSD? What browser? And did it require Flash? Java? Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: One hurdle left to switch
--On Tuesday, February 06, 2007 16:22:34 + N.J. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you searched in the ports? http://www.freebsd.org/ports/categories-grouped.html For example, what about finance/opentaxsolver which claims to be US tax prep software? Strange. I did a make search name=tax, but it didn't find that one. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: One hurdle left to switch
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Tuesday, February 06, 2007 09:46:14 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, another thing. I've used HR Block's online tax accounting service, and although it's not the best interface, it's just as good as some copies of Turbotax that I've seen. You used it with FreeBSD? What browser? And did it require Flash? Java? Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ HR Block uses strictly Javascript (not sure if it's really AJAX quality, but it might be), so if you have a recent mozilla based browser stuff should work out of the box. Don't try to load the page with lynx or links though :D. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
