thank you dan, do you know if this happens with any of the other common browsers such as opera and Konquerer, and also whether or not this happens in the windows version of firefox?
warmest regards, Chris Yarger Founder Yarger Designs web: http://YargerDesigns.co.cc skype: cpyarger msn: [email protected] aim: patyarg yahoo: christoyarg On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Dan Connelly <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Low Income 'nixing Vermonters: > > Since L+nix pays like a hobby, your lowly income may make you eligible for > free eFile with both the IRS and the VT Dept of Taxes when you use TurboTax > Freedom on-line. (Or you are eFiling for your grown kids, you have an > excuse for poverty.) > > Be warned, however, that starting a return from the TurboTax Freedom page > using Linux/FF leads you down a rat hole with a gotcha at the bottom.. > Starting a Freedom return thus gets you bounced to the non-Freedom TurboTax > site. Here there is no problem starting a low-income return from Linux/FF, > except for a stupid warning that you can ignore. And, oh yes, there is > that gotcha that comes later. > > As before, you will be able to eFile with Uncle Sam from for free (as an > impoverished rat). > > However, your VT eFile (for which you want to use the Fed info you have just > entered for your IRS return) will now cost you close to $30 (which, on your > income, is painful). > > To avoid this outcome, you MUST start your return from MSWind or MacOSX on > the TurboTax Freedom page: http://turbotax.intuit.com/taxfreedom/index.jsp > > Once started, immediately save the return. You can now continue this > return using your trusty Linux/FF with no problem. > > At present I am thinking that this weird behavior is a fluke and not an > intentional (and added) punishment for starving 'nixers. But, I could be > wrong. > > -- Dan > > >
